My brother n laws great grandma 92 had alzheimers she'd just moved in with family members. At night she'd roam around the house they double bolted the doors for her safty, they always woke up to put...

My father has this horrible disease. To me he is gone. I know this is a terrible thing to think, much less say, but----. He just sits in the nursing home and does nothing. He can't remember how to...

Do you know anyone who has this disease?How do you cope with having a family member who has this disease?Are you a cregiver for anyone or is your family member in a specialized nursing home...

i think it was mayoclinic that i read it but i have had several concussions and they said that it ups the chance of developing it later on.. i haven't known anyone that has had both but do you guys?

I found this article about a German Nursing home "playing a trick" on their patients so they don't wander off. They have set up a replica of a bus stop out in front of the nursing home. Patients...

Alzheimers is a big problem in the world today and I just saw a discussion with a doctor that reports seem to suggest that spicy food could very well be a prevention to Alzheimers. With the huge...

My mom is in the final stages of Alzheimers Disease. For those of you who have lost a parent to this awful disease, how did you get through the funeral and all the services without falling apart? I'm...

My mom has Alzheimers and is being cared for in a nursing facility. She wouldn't be happy with me and my loud family and she is getting the best of care. Yet I worry that I am letting her down. I...

I have not. I have worked in care facilities where there were lots of residents with some form of dementia. It can be challenging, but very rewarding. These people live with their own reality, even...

There are lots of advances in medicine that we hear about targeting a solution to Alzheimers, so for those of you that know about them do you think there will be a cure in the next 20 years?