The number of dementia stages varies by tool. A widely used dementia staging tool is the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS). The GDS defines seven stages of cognitive impairment: The stages of ...

Clinically, healthcare providers break dementia into seven stages, as follows: These stages are categorized as "early," "moderate," or "severe" dementia, as described below. Early dementia ...

[112] End-of-life and palliative care services are well developed for the treatment of people in the terminal stages of cancer, and end-of-life care services for dementia are being set up along ...