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Why Do Alzheimer’s Patients Cry? The progression of Alzheimer’s makes patients depressed. Patients may respond by crying, feeling sad and hopeless, inability to enjoy their usual activities, withdrawing, refusing to eat, having…

Are Alzheimer’s Patients Manipulative? It's not uncommon for caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's to feel like they're being manipulated. Many of the behaviors of dementia can seem like manipulation. The caregivers often…

Are Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Related? Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease are related in that they are both diseases which affect the brain.  Researchers believe that the memory loss from Parkinson’s is very different…

Can Alzheimer’s Cause Seizures? For 10-22% of patients with Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, have at least 1 unprovoked seizure. The seizures occur mainly in the later stages of the…

Can Alzheimer’s Be Reversed? There have been recent developments that suggest that there is a possibility of reversing the memory loss that occurs in Alzheimer’s disease.  This is with the help of…

Which Is Worse, Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s? Dementia can be caused by either Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s. If a person has dementia, it is difficult to tell which of the two conditions is to…