You typed “Dementia Life Expectancy Calculator” into Google at 2 a.m., then sat there staring at the screen. Your favorite aunt had been losing her keys for years. But last week, when she forgot your name at the dinner table, your stomach dropped. That’s when someone finally said the word out loud: dementia. And then…
Many families ask the same difficult question: How quickly does Lewy Body Dementia progress, and what should they expect? Mary wakes up every morning bracing for the unknown. Some days, her husband greets her with a warm smile and clear words. Other days, he mistakes her for a stranger or sees things no one else…
There’s further scientific evidence that too much sleep could be a sign of dementia in senior women. Margaret had always been a force—stitching old stories into new quilts, filling her home with the scent of rosemary and warm bread. But lately, afternoons swallowed her whole. She’d sink into her chair, her body curled in on…
It’s true that family members often see first signs of dementia, long before a doctor makes a diagnosis. There are the moments before the doctor confirms it, before the tests and brain scans, before the word itself is ever said aloud. Small, almost forgettable. A father who suddenly forgets how to use the coffee maker…
Kindness and care in dementia go a long way. Dementia has a way of testing everyone in its orbit. The person living with it, the family watching it unfold, and the caregivers who show up every day to provide care that goes far beyond routine tasks. It takes an extraordinary kind of strength to meet…
Let’s talk about 25 lesser-known types of dementia you might not know about. While Alzheimer’s disease accounts for most dementia diagnoses in America, doctors are identifying more patients with uncommon variants – forms of the disease that often go unrecognized in family clinics across the country. Dementia Beyond Alzheimer’s Disease The grocery store was a…