What is the difference between vascular dementia and Alzheimer's?
Here's a link to the Cleveland Clinic's explanation of Vascular Dementia:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/...
My mother has Dementia and my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer's last summer. Is there a way to find out if I have early stage Dementia/Alzheimer's?
My husband also 2014 but he lived till Dec 27,2023 at age 87 he also was on Aricept
Im not sure. He was diagnosed as borderline type 2 for many years. 2019 it was full blown and been on metformin since then. That's when he received disability for it. No one in his immediate… read more
Great answer
Serves no purpose to tell them.
It is simply another hurt in the this journey of the lost.
No Ma'am.
There's also the FAST Scale (Reisberg Functional Assessment Staging Test)
I wanted one that incorporated the "Instrumental Activities of Daily Living" and also the "Activities of Daily Living" --… read more
Regarding my previous comment above: In further reading, I think the Hope study involves more than what I’ve read about. The audio treatment that I mentioned is probably just a part of this study. I… read more
Does anyone have any good information on this? I find conflicting information that I read as if there is a vascular component, avoiding cholesterol based plaques is recommended, but what if there is no heart history and your doctor is keeping his cholesterol really low, around 100? Maybe I'm just grasping at straws.
Thank you so much for the excellent information on statin, use, benefit & risks. None of my husbands MDs thought that discontinuing his statin med which he has been on for years would benefit his… read more
I understand that Alzheimers is a form of dementia (dementia is like an umbrella of which Alzheimer under.
No, Thank you, I will get the book.
If so, could you reply with details for links to more information? Thanks!
Lots of other trials and research on that site. Start here and bounce around: