After the initial diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, there are several legal issues that should be taken care of as soon as possible. After all, the longer you wait, the more difficult the decisions will be, as the victims of Alzheimer’s may soon lose the capacity to even participate in the decisions...

If you know someone with dementia or Alzheimer’s, you might say, “It is the least I can do.” You may feel that he or she gave so much of his or her time in you youth when you were a baby, and then on into you teenage years, as well...

Building communication with an Alzheimer’s patient is a challenge. Whether you are a family member or a caregiver, regularly communicating with someone who has the disease is surely going to require patience and understanding. Alzheimer’s disease involves a deterioration of the intellectual process, which can disrupt a patient’s ability to...

Alzheimer’s is a very cruel and unforgiving disease of the brain. Damaging its ability to retain memories and communicate with the rest of the body, it is a degenerative condition, meaning that it grows steadily worse with time. Unfortunately, there is no known cure, nor method of reversing the damage,...

Alzheimer’s disease is a tragic degeneration of the memory and thinking portions of the brain. Characterized by tangled fibers and protein clumps, which are only detectable after the patient passes on, Alzheimer’s disease generally attacks people aged 65 and older. To date, there isn’t a cure for this disease, no...

Difficult to define, Alzheimer’s disease afflicts somewhere between 5 and 15% of people over the age of 65. A progressive disease, grouped as a variety of dementia, it starts out as a few forgotten things here and there and, in time, eventually saps a person of all their memories and...

Treatments in dementia and Alzheimer’s sufferers are often similar because while not the same thing, the two conditions can be related to one another. Dementia is a progressive brain dysfunction that eventually leads to the restriction of daily activities. Dementia is not a disease, but a general description of symptoms,...

It is important when dealing with Alzheimer’s and dementia patients to promote feelings of comfort and safety in every activity. Severely affected patients often forget how to dress or may not recognize the need to change clothes. Such mental conditions can leave them emotionally fragile and more physically dependent upon...

Although it is someone no one wants to look forward to, it is best if you plan ahead. As soon as Alzheimer’s is diagnosed, you should be looking to create a care plan for the afflicted person. There are some key questions that you need to be asking yourself, and...

Dementia is one of several illnesses that cause a continuous decline in the mental abilities of a person. There are several different forms that dementia can take on, and the term is used to describe a large amount of symptoms, including a loss of memory, the ability to think rationally,...