The Last Hours of Lewy Body Dementia

Lewy Body Dementia Final Days – A Caregiver’s Guide

Lewy body dementia final days: signs to expect, comfort feeding, sleep and breathing changes, hospice support, and simple ways to keep loved ones at ease. You sit bedside in the thin blue light, applesauce in hand. The house is quiet except for the soft machine sigh and that stubborn clock.  Your well-worn sneakers chirp when you shift. “Hey, Dad,” you say, close to his ear, and his lashes lift for a second. Sometimes that tiny…

Lewy Body Dementia - From Initial Symptoms to Advanced Stages

Lewy Body Dementia – From Initial Symptoms to Advanced Stages

Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a progressive brain disorder that affects thinking, movement, behavior, and mood. It is one of the most common causes of dementia after Alzheimer’s. LBD is associated with abnormal deposits of a protein called alpha-synuclein in the brain. These deposits, called Lewy bodies, affect chemicals in the brain whose changes, in turn, can lead to problems with thinking, movement, behavior, and mood. LBD shares some common symptoms with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. But…