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A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia can be frightening both for you and your loved ones. These articles can help you recognize the signs and symptoms, cope with your worries, and plan for the road ahead.
Dementia Symptoms, Types, and Causes
Understanding dementia and what you can do to improve the outcome
Alzheimer’s Disease: Signs, Symptoms, and Causes
Understanding the risk factors and how to distinguish it from normal signs of aging
Preventing Alzheimer’s and Dementia—or Slowing its Progress
What you can do to reduce your risk or delay symptoms
Age-Related Memory Loss
What’s normal, what’s not, and when to seek help
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care: Help for Family Caregivers
Getting the help you need
Vascular Dementia
The signs, symptoms, treatment options and how to slow it down
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Behavior Management
Tips for managing common symptoms in dementia patients
Parkinson’s Disease and Parkinson’s Dementia
Recognizing the symptoms and getting the help you need
Lewy Body Dementia
Learn how to recognize the symptoms and cope with a diagnosis
What’s Causing Your Memory Loss?
It’s Not Necessarily Alzheimer’s
Recognizing Alzheimer’s Disease
Early warning signs and diagnosis
When a Loved One is Terminally Ill
Talking about death and making end-of-life decisions
Coping with an Alzheimer’s or Dementia Diagnosis
Gaining acceptance and moving forward
Living with Alzheimer’s or Dementia
Maintaining a rich and fulfilling life for longer
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Symptoms, causes, and help for memory changes
Huntington’s Disease
Symptoms, treatment, and tips for life after diagnosis
Pick’s Disease
Signs, symptoms, and support for frontotemporal dementia (FTD)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
Types, symptoms, and treatment
Excerpt: Floating in the Deep End by Patti Davis
Advice from Patti Davis, best-selling author of "The Long Goodbye"
Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
Symptoms, causes, and coping tips
Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease: What to Expect as it Progresses
Understanding the 3-stage and 7-stage models of Alzheimer’s