Are All Dementias Alzheimer’s? This Article is About: Vascular Dementia, Dementia Lewy, Lewy Body Dementia I’m surprised when some patients and caregivers confuse dementia and Alzheimer’s as one and the same. Each time a family member is suffering from memory loss, the conclusion is always Alzheimer’s. Is it reasonable to label all dementias as...
Dementia: Will I Get It? This Article is About: For Dementia, Vascular Dementia, What Is Dementia It would appear that “Dementia”, in its milder forms, is nothing more than a mild loss of memory. In its more severe, but still mild, forms, it can take the guise of mild disorientation; sometimes so mild that one is not even aware of being...
Is Dementia Always Related To Your Age? This Article is About: Frontal Dementia, Dementia Elderly, Dementia Signs The first conclusion most people come to when they hear about dementia and Alzheimer's is that it is basically something they won't need to worry about until they are much older. However, dementia and Alzheimer's are not just conditions of the...
Drug Treatment for Dementia Sufferers This Article is About: Dementia Elderly, Symptoms Of Dementia, Dementia Disease Sadly, the symptoms of dementia can strike at any age, and the syndrome isn't one strictly associated with the elderly. Dementia is not really an illness of its own - it's a group of symptoms related to the decline of cognitive functions; and the...
Living With And Caring For A Dementia Sufferer This Article is About: Dementia Disease, Dementia Causes, Dementia 13 Living in the same home as a loved one or family member suffering from dementia can be very difficult. Not only do we have to constantly be around someone who may be completely different from the person we previously knew, we have to learn coping...
Dementia Sundowning - A Pattern Of Deterioration This Article is About: Dementia Stages, Early Dementia, Dementia Support People with various forms of dementia including Alzheimer's disease are often found to be at their emotional best at earlier points in the day. Caretakers often report that as the day progresses the patient's memory and emotional well-being...
Herbal Remedy For Dementia Symptoms: Gingko Biloba This Article is About: Early Dementia, Dementia Causes, Dementia 13 A herbal remedy for dementia symptoms that you can consider such as in cases of alzheimers disease is gingko biloba. Gingko biloba is a top selling herbal remedy in the U.S. It is commonly used for treating vascular dementia, peripheral...
How to Deal With Parkinson's Dementia This Article is About: Dementia Lewy, Early Dementia, Dementia Causes When finding out that your partner/ friend is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease or as it's sometimes known as Parkinson's Dementia the shock to you is quite immense. Yes you might have known that something was wrong for some time, but when that...
The Unkind Reality Of Dementia This Article is About: Dementia Lewy, Lewy Body Dementia, Senile Dementia Reality does not often disappear from our minds in a poof of misfortune. It seems as if it slowly drifts away like one's eyesight or hearing. Ever so slowly the ability to reason, remember or make good judgments recedes like high tide dissolves...
Diagnosing Dementia This Article is About: Dementia Stages, Alcohol Dementia, Signs Of Dementia For persons with dementia, receiving the initial diagnosis can be difficult. However, it is better to receive a diagnosis early on than to suffer with little understanding as to why one is experiencing such strange changes in thinking and behavior....
Dementia and the Aging Adult This Article is About: Dementia Stages, Dementia Treatment, Alcohol Dementia Dementia is the deterioration of brain function which often strikes aging elders, a chronic problem that is progressive in nature. Many times the disease goes undetected in elders since the symptoms can seem like natural signs of aging at first....
Communication and Dementia This Article is About: Lewy Body Dementia, Signs Of Dementia, Death Dementia What would it be like to lose your 'words', to be unable to remember a phrase or the name of your children? When will you learn your last 'new word' and struggle to even recall the ones that you learned very early in your life? What if losing...