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Keyword Glossary For Alzheimer's/Dementia Services by Bob T. Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven temporal lobe dementia, vascular dementia, Parkinson's disease—to name just a few of the dozens... and other internet search engines to find quality services for their elderly loved ones with dementia. No matter...
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Dementia and the Eight Types of Dementia by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert dementia. Involves damage to brain cells, especially in the front and side regions of the brain... Dementia is a clinical syndrome that includes loss or decline in memory and other cognitive...
Dementia and the Eight Types of Dementia by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert dementia. Involves damage to brain cells, especially in the front and side regions of the brain... Dementia is a clinical syndrome that includes loss or decline in memory and other cognitive...
Dementia and the Eight Types of Dementia by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert dementia. Involves damage to brain cells, especially in the front and side regions of the brain... Dementia is a an illness that usually occurs slowly over time, and usually includes...
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Alzheimer's Disease -- The Front Row by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert "living Alzheimer's from the front row". This term describes caregivers that watch Alzheimer... about Alzheimer's. It is too painful. They'll leave the thinking and doing to the person sitting in the front row...
Better News on the Alzheimer's Front by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy Yesterday I posted about the increasing difficulty in assessing the early onset of dementia in older adults.  Those results were based on the usual way of assessing dementis - the use of cognitive...

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An active 65 yr old husband with Dementia
I guess I just want someone to talk to.  My husband is 65 and was diagnosed with front temporal dementia 4 yrs. ago.  It has been a gradual process.  He still drives but I don't like to drive with him, therefore, when we go someplace I do the driving.  He knows he has Dementia but doesn't think...crap

Dementia Takes on the Kitchen!
Keeping one's mind busy-and organized-is not easy when one has vascular dementia... dementia. Cooking is where I seem to run into my biggest problems.   From my earliest memories... for those of us with dementia! What seems simple to prepare-take Hamburger Helper, for instance-is anything but easy...crap

Helpful Hints for Living with Dementia
Vascular dementia is just one form of dementia, along with Alzheimer’s, Early Onset, and others.  This particular form of dementia is different that the rest in that it is not age-related and its progression is slower.  In many ways, if I could choose a form of dementia to get, it would be vascular dementia...crap

Self Discovery Possible Even With Dementia!
, and I find it quite ironic that, in light of that, I have dementia…a condition known for stealing your ability to control....  But it was a very negative comparison! I was both shocked and humiliated, as my mother said this in front of my siblings... the cookies and popcorn in front of him!  And yet, I am being very unfair to him to put...crap

Sleep Apnea, My Road to Dementia
While researching something other than dementia, I had an "ah-ha" moment; in a flash... of my major health problems, especially my dementia-SLEEP APNEA.   At least ten years ago, I fell asleep... someone next to me blow their horn three times. It jarred me awake in time to avoid hitting the car in front...crap

Frontotemporal dementia quite rare; could possibly be treated with a malaria drug according to study
Accepting that a loved one has any type of dementia can be difficult. When someone we care about develops frontotemporal dementia, also known as Pick's disease, the shock can be particularly hard to absorb, because one of the defining characteristics of frontotemporal dementia is personality change...crap

Researchers Identify Genetic Mutation Behind Familial FTD
dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) run in families. The scientists, who included... term that is used for a group of disorders that affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. These areas are generally associated with a person’s personality, behavior and language. This type of dementia...crap

Not sure what to think anymore
 My dad has be diagnosed with vascular dementia/mild cognative impairment.  At times... another question.  Does dementia patients get fixated on something?  My dad constantly talks about the weather...'t want to order because of the price of the food.  He is currently taken meds for the dementia & takes...crap

Vascular Dementia Benefits (Tounge-in-Cheek Humor)
Having vascular dementia is no piece of cake, but it does have its benefits.   One, I have a new wardrobe every day...though I don't always like the wardrobe I see in front of me!   Two... with these wonderful two men.   Four, dementia has made me aware of the importance of  exercising my mind which...crap