With aging comes concern about developing Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia, and every lapse in memory or attention can feel like the…
About seven out of ten cases of Alzheimer’s are accompanied by symptoms of agitation and aggression. This could mean pacing, restlessness, shouting and screaming,…
Too often we misinterpret behaviors and emotions of people with dementia as symptoms of the disease, overlooking their genuine experiences. Being Patient spoke…
Wandering, when in the context of Alzheimer’s disease, is defined as getting lost and becoming disoriented. It is a common behavior in those with…
Vernon Madison, 68, was convicted of murdering a police officer in 1985. Since then, he has sat on Alabama’s death row, spending the last…
Scott Drevs, 52, doesn’t just feel it in his bones when winter is coming—he feels it in his brain. Drevs has frontotemporal dementia, a…
When LaVonne Moore, 85, entered Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center study on slowing the decline of problem solving in Alzheimer’s patients, she had lost…