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 all over the ceiling, which I’m told is common with LBD. It ...

Not seeing the left (or right) side can occur with occipital or parietal lobe damage. In my last post, I mentioned how the parietal lobes help to focus attention, and that it is asymmetric. Although ...

When we think about dementia, we often think of a person experiencing memory loss and confusion. While it’s true that these ...

What are some triggers that may be the cause of challenging behaviors in people with Alzheimer’s disease? A person with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia most likely will experience significant ...

A 72-year-old man with a 6-month history of cognitive impairment and visual hallucination presented to an emergency room after repeated falls a few days ago. His wife felt that he had been slow in ...

Hallucinations are unreal sensory experiences, such as hearing or seeing something that is not there. Any of our five senses (vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch) can be involved. Most often, when we ...

Experts have warned that a “distressing” sign of dementia could appear in the evening. Known as “sundowning”, this issue ...

Clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) could be performed in the presence of motor symptoms such as resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, bradykinesia and postural instability. Nonmotor symptoms ...