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Dementia Treatment: Know Your Options

Molli Grossman
PhD, Gerontology

Dementia Treatment: Know Your Options

Article Highlights Dementia is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes a decline in cognitive function, including memory loss. Although there are several therapies (massage, aromatherapy, vitamins, supplements, and many more) that can help ease certain symptoms of the disease, treatments invariably take the form of medication. The medications that are commonly prescribed to treat the […]

Filed Under: Dementia, Uncategorized

Pick’s Disease: Stages, Symptoms, and Caregiver Strategies

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Pick’s Disease: Stages, Symptoms, and Caregiver Strategies

Overview This article will provide the reader with a brief introduction to Pick’s disease. The reader will learn about the causes, symptoms, recommended treatments, and what the family can do to help a loved one with a diagnosis of Pick’s. Suggestions will be provided for how to prepare for your medical appointments, questions to ask […]

Filed Under: Frontotemporal Dementia

What is Prazosin (Minipress)?

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What is Prazosin (Minipress)?

Article Highlights Prazosin is a high blood pressure medication that comes in 1 mg, 2 mg and 5 mg capsules. Adults can take Prazosin by mouth, in 1 mg dosage, up to 3 times daily. Prazosin is also used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia, post-traumatic stress disorder, Raynaud’s syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease. Prazosin has shown […]

Filed Under: Alzheimer's, Dementia

Dementia and Wandering: A Matter of Life and Death

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Dementia and Wandering: A Matter of Life and Death

Article Highlights Wandering is one of the most common symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. Although dementia-driven wanderers are typically found near their homes, they may not think that they’re lost or ask anyone for help. Reasons for wandering behavior in people with Alzheimer’s disease can include cognitive deficits, stress, and physical […]

Filed Under: Alzheimer's, Dementia

Understanding Guardianship, Conservatorship and POA

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Understanding Guardianship, Conservatorship and POA

Article Highlights A conservatorship grants court-appointed people the power to make estate planning decisions for someone who is incapacitated and unable to manage their affairs. There are two forms of conservatorship: Probate Conservatorship and Lanterman Petris-Short Conservatorship. A guardianship gives an individual the authority to decide on physical and mental matters of someone who is […]

Filed Under: Alzheimer's, Dementia

What is Dementia?

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What is Dementia?

Article Highlights Dementia is an umbrella term that describes several chronic and progressive diseases of the brain. Dementia becomes increasingly more common as we get older but it isn’t an integral part of the aging process. Everyone’s experience with dementia is different: from changes in behavior and reasoning to paranoia and hallucinations, etc. Women are […]

Filed Under: Alzheimer's, Dementia

Broken Hip: Types, Causes and Symptoms

Mike Takieddine
Book author and former home care agency owner

Broken Hip: Types, Causes and Symptoms

Article Highlights A broken hip (also called hip fracture) is a fracture that occurs in the femur (thigh bone) and often requires surgery. There are three most common types of broken hips, based on the location of the fissure in the femur: Femoral neck, Intertrochanteric hip and Intracapsular fracture. Causes of hip fractures include traumatic […]

Filed Under: Dementia

Walking for a Cure: Alzheimer’s Disease

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Walking for a Cure: Alzheimer’s Disease

Article Highlights Walkathons are worldwide fundraising activities used to raise money for Alzheimer’s research, support individuals with Alzheimer’s and their families, and raise public awareness of the disease. For first-time organizers of walkathons, it is important to plan logistical, marketing, and financial details. Alzheimer’s charities are not identical so you should have a clear set […]

Filed Under: Alzheimer's, Dementia

Lewy Body Dementia: Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis

Molli Grossman
PhD, Gerontology

Lewy Body Dementia: Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis

Article Highlights Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) is one of the most common forms of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease. LBD is associated with the development of abnormal clumps of proteins in the cortex of the brain. Unlike Alzheimer’s, LBD symptoms at the early stage are less associated with changes in cognitive function and more related to […]

Filed Under: Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia

Everything You Need to Know About Silver Alert

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Everything You Need to Know About Silver Alert

Article Highlights Silver Alert is a public notification system for finding lost older adults, especially those with dementia to protect them from injuries. The most common criteria for using Silver Alerts are: older age or having a diagnosed cognitive impairment or disability. There are other state implemented programs and color-coded alert programs similar to Silver […]

Filed Under: Alzheimer's, Dementia

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