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Parents and dementia: Getting the right diagnosis and treatment
...to 80 percent of dementia cases Vascular dementia Dementia with Lewy bodies Parkinson’s disease Frontotemporal dementia Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Normal pressure hydrocephalus Huntington’s disease Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. Although an accurate diagnosis is... Read More
What you do and eat can affect your risk of dementia
...to develop all forms of dementia than those with low levels of mental activity. The women who were most physically active were 53% less likely to develop vascular dementia (dementia... Read More
Managing these risk factors may lower your risk of dementia
...people with dementia. Researchers have found several modifiable risk factors for dementia, which means that there are proactive steps you can take that are associated with a lower risk of... Read More
Navigating the holidays when a loved one has dementia
...and explaining the dementia diagnosis, possible prognosis, and treatment options Connecting patients with physicians to manage not only their dementia but also any other chronic conditions or serious diseases they... Read More
5 things you can do to improve quality of life for loved ones with dementia
In spite of stereotypes that paint people living with dementia as perpetually anxious and unhappy, recent research has found that the majority of years people live with cognitive impairment are... Read More
Study finds non-drug treatments more effective for dementia symptoms
...effective way to deal with the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia was to train the family members caring for the person with dementia to identify the modifiable causes of... Read More
Could over-the-counter hearing aids reduce your dementia risk?
...for almost 12 years found an association between hearing loss and the risk of developing dementia. For people with mild hearing loss, the risk of dementia doubled. For those with... Read More
Don’t just rely on brain games to delay dementia
...easy to remember, such as appointments or conversation details, or impaired thinking and reasoning skills. While MCI is not a direct risk factor for dementia, those who have MCI are... Read More
When is a ‘senior moment’ a sign of something more serious?
...progressive dementia, early diagnosis is important to ensure proper diagnosis, treatment and planning.Types of dementia include Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).... Read More