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Essential Dementia Guides
Start with our in-depth guides to dementia and the most common forms of the condition.
- Dementia: Symptoms, Causes, Types, Diagnosis & Treatment
- Alzheimer’s Disease: Symptoms, Causes, Stages & Treatment
- Vascular Dementia: Symptoms, Causes, Stages & Treatment
- Lewy Body Dementia: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis & Treatment
Caregiving, Daily Living & General Information
Practical information for caregivers, families and people living with dementia.
- Is Alzheimer’s Type 3 Diabetes?
- Balance Exercises for Dementia Patients
- Making Your Home Dementia Friendly
- Dementia Wandering (Tips for Caregivers)
- Helping Alzheimer’s Patients Sleep
- Physical Therapy Exercises for Dementia Patients (Guide)
- Dementia Care Specialist (Advice)
- Vascular Dementia and Eating Problems
- Understanding Sundowning Dementia Treatments
- Healthy Diet For Dementia Patients
- Why See a Dementia Neurologist?
- Specialist Dementia Care Homes [Quick Guide]
- Dental Treatments For Dementia Patients
- Easy Meals for Dementia Patients (Guide)
- Day Trips for Elderly With Dementia
- Medication to Help Dementia Patients Sleep
- Why Do Dementia Patients Lie?
- 8 Benefits of Home Care Services for Seniors
- How to Talk to Someone with Dementia on the Phone
- 10 Famous People With Dementia
- Dementia and Sexually Inappropriate Behavior
- Can Someone With Dementia Make a Legal Will?
- Guide to Medical Decision Making for Your Loved Ones with Dementia
- Dementia and Family Stress, Leading to Caregiver Burnout
- Dementia and Financial Problems
- 10 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts & Figures 2021
- Summer Heat and Dementia (Best Tips)
- Dementia and Amnesia (The Difference?)
- Is Melatonin Safe for Elderly with Dementia?
- Should You Correct Someone with Dementia?
- Do You Tell Dementia Patients the Truth?
- Is It Safe to Leave Someone with Dementia Alone?
- What Type of Doctor Should a Dementia Patient See?
- Yoga and Dementia (Does it Help?)
- How Dementia Affects the Caregiver?
- Explaining Dementia to Children – Here’s How
- The Role of Cognitive Reserve in Dementia
- How Does Dementia Affect You Physically?
- The Role of Inflammation in Dementia
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) – Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
- Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA) – Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
- How to Help People with Dementia Remain Independent
- Bed Sores in Elderly People With Dementia: Prevention & Treatment
- Bathing And Dementia: Best Practices
- Are Aphasia and Dementia Related?
- Do People with Dementia Know They Have It?
- Massage Therapy for Dementia Patients Benefits
- What Should I Bring to a Memory Care Facility?
- How do Dementia Patients Die?
- Lewy Body Dementia Specialist, Diagnosis & Treatment
- Vitamin B12 and Dementia: What’s the Connection?
- Why Do Dementia Patients Stop Eating?
- Is Dementia Neurological or Psychological?
- Do Neurologists Treat Dementia?
- What Colors Do Dementia Patients Prefer?
- Is Dementia a Neurological Disorder?
- Making Dementia-Friendly Home Is Easy
- Do People with Dementia Sleep a Lot?
- Senile Dementia – What Is It & What Causes It?
- Doll Therapy Dementia – Pros and Cons
- Dementia Praecox – Definition, Causes, Symptoms
- What is Primary Progressive Aphasia?
- Coronavirus and Dementia – Is There Risk?
- Lyme Disease and Dementia/Alzheimer’s
- Dementia and Football – Is There a Link?
- Is Vascular Dementia Hereditary?
- Aromatherapy and Dementia Patients
- History of Dementia – A Brief Overview
- Quality of Life and Dementia: 4 Ways to Support Wellbeing
- 10 Foods That Dementia Diet Should Include
- Dressing and Grooming – Best Practices & Tips
- Nursing Homes for Dementia Patients
- Group Activities for Dementia Patients: 10 Best Ideas
- Understanding Dementia and Delusions
- Coping with Dementia and Paranoia
- Binswanger’s Disease – All You Need to Know
- Food Cravings and Dementia?
- Dementia and Communication with a Patient
- 15 Fun and Exciting Dementia Activities 2021
- Coping After the Death of Someone with Dementia
Symptoms & Warning Signs
Articles covering common symptoms, warning signs and changes that may occur with dementia and related conditions.
- Is Dementia Always Progressive? Unlocking the Truth
- Cognitive Test For Dementia – Detect Early
- SAGE Dementia Test – 15 Minute Test
- Ambiguous Loss in Dementia
- 15 Early Signs of Dementia (Common) 2023
- 7 End-Stage Dementia Signs in Elderly
- Why Do Patients with Dementia Walk So Much?
- Sleep Apnea and Dementia- Increased Risk
- Depression And Alzheimer’s Disease (Common?)
- 14 Effects of Dementia on a Person [Mental & Physical]
- Aluminum and Alzheimer’s Disease (Cause?)
- Social Isolation and Dementia
- Stress and Dementia (Is There a Link?)
- Understanding Poor Balance and Dementia
- At What Stage of Dementia Does Sundowning Occur?
- Shortness of Breath and Dementia
- Challenging Dementia Behaviors (Complete Guide)
- How Does Dementia Affect Personal Hygiene?
- What Helps with Dementia Mood Swings?
- Pneumonia and Dementia: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
- Is Tripping a Sign of Dementia?
- Do Patients with Dementia Know What They Are Saying?
- Is Lack of Concentration A Sign of Dementia?
- At What Stage of Dementia Does Incontinence Occur?
- Average Age for Alzheimer’s Disease: Key Facts
- Why Do Dementia Patients Eat So Much?
- Dementia And Spicy Foods: Are They Related?
- Coping with Alzheimer’s and Diarrhea
- Migraine and Dementia: Is There a Link?
- Stroke and Dementia: Is There a Link?
- Dementia and Multiple Sclerosis – Is There a Link?
- Why Do Dementia Patients Stop Talking?
- Seizures and Dementia – Is There a Link?
- Hallucinations and Dementia: Are They Common?
- Dementia and Pain – Real or Fake?
- Dementia And Incontinence [Causes & Treatment]
- What Conditions Can Be Mistaken for Dementia?
- How Can the Peanut Butter Test Detect Alzheimer’s?
- Dementia and Eyesight – How Vision Changes
- The Link Between Dementia and Epilepsy
- Loss Of Smell and Dementia
- The Link Between Dementia and Hearing Loss
- 16 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s 2023
- 15 Lewy Body Dementia Symptoms [LBD]
- 15 Symptoms of Alzheimer’s in Elderly 2023
- 12 Warning Signs of Dementia [Common] 2023
- 12 Beginning Signs of Dementia 2023
- 14 Early Onset Dementia Symptoms 2023
- 15 Signs of Memory Loss (Dementia) 2023
- 14 Signs of Dementia in Women 2023
- 13 First Signs of Dementia & Symptoms 2023
- 14 Typical Vascular Dementia Symptoms 2023
- 16 Symptoms & Signs of Dementia in Men 2023
Types of Dementia
Learn about different types of dementia and related neurological conditions.
- What is Pseudodementia (Overview)
- 13 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Symptoms 2023
- Rapidly Progressive Dementia (Treatment & Diagnosis)
- Alcohol Dementia (Symptoms & Treatments)
- BvFTD (What Is Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia?)
- Pick’s Disease and Connection with Dementia
- 10 Best Living with Dementia Tips & Advice
- Sundowning And Dementia – A Pattern of Deterioration?
- Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS) – Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
- Stroke-Related Dementia: What Is It?
- Multi-Infarct Dementia: What Is It?
- Post-Stroke Dementia and Cognitive Impairment
- Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
- Difference Between Cortical and Subcortical Dementia
- 5 Types of Vascular Dementia and Symptoms
- 15+ Best Lewy Body Dementia Treatment Options
- HIV-Associated Dementia – Symptoms and Causes
- 13 Huntington’s Disease Symptoms
- Huntington’s Disease Treatment – Best Approach
- Parkinson’s Disease Dementia (PDD)
- Pseudodementia – An Overview
- Vascular Dementia Treatment and Support
- 12 Signs of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease 2023
- 12 Frontotemporal Dementia Symptoms 2023
- Vascular Dementia Prognosis and Progression
Stages & Progression
Information about how dementia may progress and what to expect at different stages.
- 6 Early Warning Signs of Dementia
- Driving and Dementia (All You Need to Know)
- Mixed Dementia – What Is It, Symptoms & Treatment
- Late Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
- 7 Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Vascular Dementia Stages and Progression
- Middle Stage Alzheimer’s Disease – What to Expect
- 3 Lewy Body Dementia Stages and Progression
Causes & Risk Factors
Explore factors associated with dementia risk, related health conditions and potentially reversible causes of cognitive symptoms.
- 8 Reversible Dementia Causes and Symptoms
- Sugar And Dementia (Makes It Worse?)
- Dementia and Aggression (Complete Guide)
- Statins and Dementia Risk (For Prevention?)
- Negative Thinking and Dementia (Link?)
- Dementia and Weight Loss in Patients
- Gum Disease and Alzheimer’s (Cause?)
- Managing Agitation and Dementia
- Wandering and Dementia
- High Blood Pressure and Alzheimer’s Risk
- Do Concussions Cause Alzheimer’s Disease?
- Obesity and Alzheimer’s Disease – Risk?
- Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Does Dementia Risk Increase After a Concussion?
- Dementia and Cholesterol – Is There a Risk?
- Calcium Supplements and Dementia Risk
- Dementia and High Blood Pressure
- Smoking and Dementia: Does Smoking Increase the Risk?
- Dementia And Eating Issues in Patients
- Dementia and Head Injury Risk
- How to Deal with Dementia and Insomnia
- Dementia Risk Factors: Will You Get It?
- Is Dementia Hereditary? Let’s Find Out Now
- Air Pollution and Dementia Risk
- Heart Disease and Dementia – Risk Factors
- Type 2 Diabetes and Dementia: What’s the Link?
- 12 Common Memory Loss Causes 2023
- Foods That Cause Dementia? 9 Foods to Limit
Treatment, Therapies & Prevention
Information about medical care, supportive therapies, lifestyle approaches and ways that may help reduce dementia risk.
- How to Prevent Dementia- 7 Easy Things You Can Do
- The 10 Best Nuts for Dementia
- Speech Therapy for Dementia Treatment
- 8 Best Superfoods for Dementia 2022
- Is Honey Good for Dementia?
- 5 (Best) Natural Remedies for Dementia 2023
- Lion’s Mane and Dementia (Health Benefits)
- 10 Best Herbs for Dementia & Brain Health 2023
- Sensory Rooms for Dementia (Healing?)
- Pet Therapy and Dementia (Any Benefits?)
- Reduce Risk of Dementia (11 Tips)
- Horse Therapy for Dementia (Is It Healing?)
- Can Dementia Medication make Dementia Worse? (Yes & No)
- Cooking Therapy for Dementia (Benefit?)
- Can Alzheimer’s Medication Make You Worse?
- Psychological Therapies for Dementia
- Music Therapy and Dementia: 7 Ways It May Help
- Why Is Routine Important for Dementia?
- How Do You Calm Down an Angry Person with Dementia?
- Zinc and Dementia (Does it Help?)
- Gut Health and Dementia (Improve It Now!)
- Physiotherapy and Dementia Treatment
- Social Robots in Advanced Dementia
- Can a CT Scan Show Dementia? (Is MRI Better?)
- How Can a Psychologist Help a Person with Dementia?
- Creatine and Dementia – Is There a Link?
- How Do You Make a Dementia Patient Happy?
- Can a Geriatrician Diagnose Dementia?
- Probiotics and Dementia – Is there a Link?
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Dementia
- 15+ Best Dementia Anxiety Treatment Practices
- 13+ Frontotemporal Dementia Treatment Options
- 14 Best Alternative Therapies for Dementia
- Improve Memory: Blueberries and Dementia
- What is the Average Dementia Survival Time?
- Palliative Care: An Underused Support in Dementia
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Is It Reversible?
- Art Therapy and Dementia Benefits
- Bright Light Therapy and Dementia
- Viewing Nature Improves Dementia [Proven]
- Benefits of Dance Therapy and Dementia
- How to Grow a Therapeutic Indoor Garden for Dementia
- 8 Cognitive Tests for Dementia and What They Measure
- Horticulture Therapy for Dementia: Benefits, Activities & Evidence
- Close Connection Between Dementia and Sleep
- 7 Best Essential Oils for Dementia?
- How Do You Treat Dementia Naturally?
- Dementia Doctors: Choose the Right Specialist
- Can Dementia be Treated?
- Can an MRI Detect Dementia?
- Cannabis, CBD Oil and Dementia Patients
- Coping With Dementia and Behavior Changes
- Vitamin D and Dementia – Deficiency Risk?
- Coffee and Alzheimer’s Disease – Is It Good?
- Reminiscence Therapy for Dementia
- Olive Oil and Dementia- What’s the Verdict?
- Can Sauna Help Alleviate Dementia?
- Omega 3 and Dementia Prevention
- Acupuncture and Dementia for Improved Memory
- The Importance of Nutrition and Alzheimer’s Disease
- Chocolate and Dementia – The Positive Effects
- Coconut Oil and Dementia: What Does the Evidence Say?
- Turmeric and Dementia – Can It Help?
- Do Coffee and Dementia Go Hand in Hand?
- Vitamin E and Alzheimer’s Disease (Treatment)
- Dehydration and Dementia (How to Avoid It)
- How Can Virtual Reality Dementia Treatments Help?
- 13 Tips on Dealing with Dementia for Caregivers
- Walnuts and Dementia – Beneficial Effects
- Foods to Reverse Dementia? 9 Brain-Healthy Choices
Books, Products & Helpful Resources
Books, practical products and other resources that may be useful to people living with dementia and their families.
- Does ProMind Complex Work? An Independent Review
- Prevent Cognitive Decline – Brain Booster Reviewed
- 18 Best Dementia Books for Children (2023)
- Granny Mary Thinks Differently: Children’s Book About Dementia
- 10+ Best Incontinence Products for Dementia Patients
- 9 Best Therapy Dolls Reviewed 2023
- Reading to a Person With Dementia- Best Books Reviewed
Personal Stories
Personal experiences of dementia shared by people and families affected by the condition.
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