Whose Reality Is This?
Dorian Martin's SharePost about her mother's perception of the coming elections brought back powerful memories for me. Her mother had apparently heard some conversation about the 2008 election, and thought she and Dorian were on their way to vote, when in reality they were just going to the nursing home's common room.
This issue is one that needs to be addressed regularly. Most of us know, but we can easily forget that with dementia patients, it's generally easier for...
I'd like to revisit my post titled "Coping With the Alternate Realities of Dementia Patients," because I received an intense comment from... Read more »
It saddens me to say that just saying the word DEMENTIA creates a self-limiting prophesy. That may be an apparent truth...but it is not... Read more »
I never worried about carrying the torch. Sure there was a family history of heart disease, hypertension, elevated cholesterol levels, and... Read more »
Agitation causes untold misery for people with dementia, and their caregivers. A new study by researchers from the England and Norway has... Read more »
I'm hearing, as a columnist, more questions about the use of medications to "calm" dementia patients. The Wall Street Journal recently ran... Read more »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The number of Alzheimer's and Dementia patients over 90 years old is growing at a rapid pace, affecting both our oldest... Read more »
Almost half of all elderly patients with dementia are given antibiotics in the last two weeks of their life, a new Harvard study has found. But... Read more »
A good night's sleep may help improve some Alzheimer's patients' memory. Experts say that many older people have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and... Read more »
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Dementia is a permanent decline in cognitive function and memory from a previous level of function.Dementia is a brain disorder with permanent loss... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Chronic brain syndrome; Lewy body dementia; DLB; Vascular dementia; Mild cognitive impairment; MCI TreatmentFor information on how to take care of a... Read more »
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