Dementia question?

I'm so sorry - my mother, now age 86, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's four years ago. It has truly broken my heart. I don't know the name you're looking for, but I hope your ...

I agree with you, that the caregiver shouldn't have lied. I am surprised that the nurses here said that the reality practice is upsetting to the client. I agree with you that "who knows...

There are two main schools of thought...one is to spare the patient the "pain" of reliving a memory. The other school of thought is to continue to reinforce the truth...for the very reas...

My dad has early-onset Alzheimer's so I've got a 50/50 chance. I've already told my husband what to do if I get it...all the things my mom and I should have done. He's got to ...

Sure. When you are talking about trauma to the head, it can do three things, separately or in combination: 1) cause a bleed because a blood vessel has been ruptured; this is more common in ol...

1. I found an article at the Wikipedia website that may give you some insight as to what is in store for your father. I wish you luck and pray for you to have patience because you never know when ...

This is usually a vague term used by 'researchers' when their results are rather spurious, and they would rather not have their methods investigated too closely.

Dementia is a progrssive, non-reversable loss of cognitive functioning..Alzheimer's type is a common form, but other diseases- like Parkinson's disease also have dementia in the later sta...