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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.
Apr 3, 2024 · Hi there, My mother has vascular dementia. She started with small signs in 2019, but then COVID lockdowns came so her actual diagnosis was very, very delayed. As such, she has not received any treatment. My mother developed Sepsis a year ago and has declined quite badly since having that, to...
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 is likely to be but not the beginning so im learning a lot from peoples on the forum. thankyou for ...
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.
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.
Oct 31, 2024 · The problem with vascular dementia is that there are no drugs that are indicated for this condition. Alzheimer's yes but not vascular. The declines seem to be in a step like progression too, so it seems like they are fine and then there is another slump and then everything settles again before the next one - and so on.
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 ...
Aug 25, 2024 · Aug 25, 2024. #1. Hi all, im. Johnny new to this forum. It’s just me and my dad in our family now, dad has vascular dementia and is in a residential dementia care home. He’s only 16yrs older than me and he’s never been a mature person. Anyway I’m taking care of him now but I’m really struggling with the care home staff not ...
Mar 23, 2010 · moved to residential dementia unit; after 6 week review moved to dementia + nursing unit in same home due to challenging behaviour; after 8 weeks back to assessment following increased violence & aggression. She has now been in the assessment unit for 6 weeks. They have messed around with different anti-psychotics & anti-depressants.
