I would like to commend you on what you are doing. If your children are older make sure they help you. They can clean the house, wash dishes, clothes etc for you. If they feel comfortable helping g...

I work with these patients everyday and yeah several do develop a seizure disorder, sad to say. This is a harsh disease. Harder on you then your dad. There is no treatment for this disease and meds...

It sounds like she's to the point where she needs a feeding tube or at the very least some kind of easier to eat food (like pudding). It doesn't seem like you're a medical professio...

Alzheimer's is a neurodegenerative disease and as such progresses over time, usually a long period of months to years. It starts with a person being forgetful, distracted etc. and progressivel...

He is better off in a facility, caring for him at home would wear out your mom. As his disease progresses he will not know you or anyone else. My mother didn't know me and I took care of her...

mice have a finite lifespan and the amyloid plaques seen in Alzheimers may be reporduced in a type of mice. Use of the vaccine may possibly inhibit the amyloid plaque formation. The mice can be tes...

No way it's Alzheimer's---You'd be the youngest case ever discovered---But it could be some sort of memory problem. Probably minor, so don't panic, but it might be best to bring...

The disease steals your loved one long before they die. They begin by forgetting little things, getting lost easily and not being able to think of the particular words they want. They often become ...

Vascular Factors May Speed Progression of Alzheimer's Disease Research suggests that atrial fibrillation, systolic hypertension, and angina are associated with more cognitive decline and may...

Obviously memory is a neurological function. There could be a number of things associated with her STM loss. Why hasn't she gone to a doctor yet if it's been that long? Seems like some...

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Hi there - I know how you feel, my grandad recently died from it. Unfortunately, I hate to say it, their is only one route, and thats down :( Einstein once said that we are born children, live adul...

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Yes - I work with Alzheimer's patients. What happens in the Alzheimers patient is that the brain actually shrinks. So remember that really - somewhere in the brain - everything in the body i...

There are some new drug treatments and therpies but they only work with a few and ,at best they postpone.