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Alzheimer's Patients Living Alone
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Can a Dementia Patient Live Alone?

Living alone is usually fine for someone in the early stages of dementia, but they will likely need assistance later on. Living in a safe, familiar, and comfortable place is essential to everyone, including people with Alzheimer's disease or other…
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Difference Between Dementia & Vascular Dementia
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What Is The Difference Between Dementia & Vascular Dementia?

Vascular dementia is simply one type of dementia. The term dementia refers to several progressive brain diseases and is used as an umbrella term. The most common types of dementia are Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and vascular dementia. Vascular dementia…
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7 Stages of Dementia
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What Are The 7 Stages Of Dementia?

The conditions or symptoms of dementia tend to vary greatly between each patient but always worsen over time. As the symptoms of dementia progress, they become more noticeable and have a bigger impact on the patient's life. To better understand…
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Life Expectancy after Dementia Diagnosis
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How Long Do People Live After Being Diagnosed With Dementia?

Dementia covers many progressive brain diseases, such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and vascular dementia. All forms, for the most part, of dementia lead to fatal brain failure and are incurable. After diagnosis, life expectancy varies depending on the type of dementia,…
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Does Dementia Kill You
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Does Dementia Kill You?

Dementia is defined as fatal brain failure which leads to death. Many people think of dementia as a memory disorder associated with old age. That is true in the early stages, but it goes much further than that. As the…
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Signs of End-Stage Dementia
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What Are The Signs Of End Stage Dementia?

Dementia is a general term for progressive brain diseases which include a wide variety of diseases, each with their own symptoms and life expectancies. That being said, once a dementia patient reaches the end stage of the disease, the signs…
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How Dementia Causes Death
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How Does Dementia Cause Death?

As dementia progresses through each stage the symptoms become more severe, and cognitive decline gets worse. Dementia is an umbrella term that covers several progressive brain diseases, such as Alzheimer's. The different types of dementia progress at different rates and…
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Alzheimers Patients Worse at Night
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Are Alzheimer’s Patients Worse at Night

The Are Alzheimer’s Patients Worse at Night? Alzheimer’s patients find the transition from day to night very difficult. The condition is sometimes referred to as sundowning, and it is marked by a regular change of behavior characterized by confusion, anxiety,…
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Will Alzheimer’s Show on an MRI?

Will Alzheimer’s Show On An MRI? Magnetic resonance imaging or MR is a scan which reveals the anatomic structure of the brain. Generally, an MRI scan is included in the standard evaluation for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.…
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when alzheimers patient wants to go home
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What to Do When Alzheimer’s Patients Want to Go Home?

If you have been around Alzheimer’s patients for a while, then you might have heard them say time and again that they want to go home. Sometimes, they may be already home, but they keep on insisting that you should…
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