Dementia

Should Your Parent Risk an Anesthesia Disaster or Forego Surgery?

Note: The study referred to here is older because this is an older article. However, the message of the article to use caution when...

Most of us have seen evidence of people being harder on those they love than they are on strangers, or even people they don’t...

“My mom and dad both have dementia. I am all alone taking care of them since. I have no one to help me. I...

When it comes to caring for the elderly, hygiene issues are surprisingly common. Determining why their bathing habits have changed is the best way...

To me, the definition of a mother is someone who nurtures. Yes, carrying a child in your womb for months and then giving birth...

As a columnist for a newspaper on the northern plains, I often have readers write me that they are begging their parents to “come...

A friend recently faced the task of letting her mother, who has mid-level dementia, know that the mother’s elderly brother had died. This death...

Memory loss can be one of the first symptoms a person experiences with Alzheimer’s, and those living with Lewy body dementia may also become...

Nearly everyone involved in caring for an ill or aging loved one is experiencing some degree of grief. However, we don’t usually identify the...

Dear Carol: My dad has Lewy body dementia (LBD) and likely Alzheimer’s, as well. The current crisis is that he thinks bugs are crawling...