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Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia

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