--- title: Which Dementia Types Cause Hallucinations | Homecare Services & Domiciliary Care canonical: https://www.thegoodplace.care/search/which-dementia-types-cause-hallucinations last updated: 2026-02-21 15:31:12 GMT version: 1 --- # Which dementia types cause hallucinations? Visual hallucinations are most common in Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease dementia. 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