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Sep 30, 2004 · Sep 30, 2004. #1. Welcome to all members. This forum has been launched to provide an area where anyone interested in vascular dementia can share their experiences - professional or personal, ask questions and provide support and information to others. This is part of a new project, called ‘Hearts and Brains’ which aims to raise awareness of ...
Oct 24, 2023 · Vascular dementia doesnt follow one particular path - it is very very variable depending on which part of the brain has been affected. @jay6 - it definitely sounds to me that the area of the brain which has been affected in your OH is the frontal lobes, which gives changes to emotional control, decision making and the personality.
Nov 1, 2024 · I looked after my dad who suffered a stroke 13 years ago. He then went onto get vascular dementia 6 years ago. Over the past 6 years there has been good times, but alot of challanging times with different behavours etc. Anyway tried to keep dad at home as long as we possibly could. Made the decision few months back to place dad into a care home.
Mar 21, 2014 · This is actually quite common in the late stages of dementia or the last stages of life. There is a bit of a vicious circle that develops. The person reduces their intake of food and fluids. This in turn causes the body to react by conserving energy and so the person becomes more immobile and likely to sleep.
Oct 13, 2023 · 2. 0. Oct 13, 2023. #1. Hello everyone. I am new to this forum Hello. my mum had a series of TIAs last year and now has been diagnosed with vascular dementia. She seems to be deteriorating quite quickly and is in a constant state of anxiety and cry’s all the time, she has suddenly seems to have lost her balance and sleeps 15 hours or more a day.
May 3, 2023 · 1. 0. May 3, 2023. #1. Good morning to you all, I’ve just found this forum and am hopeful you can all help me with understanding how vascular dementia progresses as my mother-in-law is having a very varied experience. For the whole of Feb and March she was completely out of it, speech was random, lying in bed making spasmodic movements with ...
Oct 30, 2024 · Oct 30, 2024. #2. Hello and welcome from me. If you put Donepezil into the search on the site here you'll find a number of comments about it and its use with various forms of dementia. Before it became generic it was called Aricept, try that too. Opinion varies, I had my say a week or two back, seems to work for some.
Jun 21, 2022 · Oct 29, 2014. 9,211. 0. Bristol. Jun 21, 2022. #5. Hullo Sue and a belated welcome to the forum, My partner had vascular dementia diagnosed about a year after a stroke. She appeared to be slowly recovering from her stroke until a series of UTIs ended in a seizure about two and a half years after the stroke.
May 24, 2020 · my husband has vascular dementia and was diagnosed in march although he had it a year before that so do some personal care and act as his memory. do his meds and help with dressing. he can be short tempered. but in the main he is so gentle and mellow always concerned about me. he was always a bit like that but is exaggerated now. because i was a carer in a care home i know what the end result ...
Dec 10, 2015 · I've kind of concluded that is what is happening. Afterall that is what Vascular Dementia is - dementia caused by the reduction of blood flow in the brain due to various reasons. In her case, TIA's. So, the little blood vessels in her brain are shutting down - closing - being damaged due to these TIA's, so things are happening.
