Frontotemporal dementia is gaining more attention these days as a more prominent form of cognitive impairment among older adults and seniors. It is not a single disorder, but a group…
Category: Dementia
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Managing Sundowning Symptoms
Residents of senior care communities diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia-related disorders are at risk of Sundowning in the late afternoon and early evening. Sundowning symptoms can be very…
Physiological Causes of Sundowning
This is the million-dollar question that most researchers either cannot answer or agree on. There appear to be a number of factors associated with Sundowning and while it is still…
Sundowning: A Brief Introduction
We’ve all heard the term “Sundowning” for years, but what exactly is it? Why does it happen, and how do we provide better care to the person who experiences Sundowning?…
Vascular Dementia: A Quick Review
While Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia and receives much attention from the public, vascular dementia is the second most common cause of dementia, occurring in between…
Alzheimer’s Disease and Virtual Reality
A few short years ago, no one would put these words together in a sentence, but amazingly, we can today. According to some researchers, virtual reality may be more effective…