Bing Keyword Search - do i leave an alzheimer's person alone


A reader searched Bing with the following keyword search

do i leave an alzheimer's person alone

Bing Keyword Search - do i leave an alzheimer's person alone


They then selected this headline from Bing

You Can't Leave a Person with Alzheimer's Alone


It took me a while to understand how my mother might be feeling when I went out and left her alone at home.

AOL Keyword Search - dementia patient mean


How can you get a person living with dementia to stop saying mean and hurtful things to you?

It is not unusual for Alzheimer's dementia caregivers to search for information on meanness.

AOL Keyword Search - dementia patient mean

A reader searched AOL using these keywords

dementia patient mean.

As one of the alternatives AOL offered up this headline and the reader went to the Alzheimer's Reading Room to read,

When Dementia Patients Say Mean Things, What Can You Do?



Types of Dementia


Dementia is a an illness that usually occurs slowly over time, and usually includes a progressive state of deterioration. 

The earliest signs of dementia are usually memory problems, confusion, and changes in the way a person behaves and communicates.

Types of Dementia

Cognitive symptoms of dementia can include poor problem solving, difficulty learning new skills, and impaired decision making. Behavior changes can include fear, insecurity, anger, and often, depression like symptoms.

Dementia is caused by various diseases and conditions that result in damaged brain cells. Brain cells can be destroyed by brain diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, or strokes (called vascular or multi-infarct dementia), which decrease blood flow to the brain.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia.

Dementia and Eight Types of Dementia


To learn more about Alzheimer's and Dementia care visit the Alzheimer's Reading Room

Families Learn Alzheimer's May Not Be Alzheimer's Instead It's


Many will discover it’s not Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease at all that impairs function, instead its Lewy body dementia (LBD), the second most common form of progressive dementia after Alzheimer’s disease.

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How to Express Sympathy to a Friend Grieving the Death of a Loved One


How can you comfort someone grieving the death of a loved one? What can you say that might adequately offer solace? "I'm sorry" doesn't seem to cut it.

Good list of Do's and Don't.


Simple word games dementia


Activities as simple as structured discussion groups and word games can benefit memory and thinking for people with Alzheimer’s or dementia.


A Yahoo keyword search from a person looking for information on dementia and word games lead to the following article in the Alzheimer's Reading Room.

Yahoo Keywords - Simple word games dementia

Simple Structured Discussions and Word Games Beneficial for People with Dementia

Activities for Dementia Patients


A search of Google using these keywords 

activities for dementia patients,

led to the following suggested articles.


More than half of Alzheimer's and dementia patients had inadequate meaningful daily activities at a senior center or at home.

Socialization and Alzheimers Disease


The following keyword search on Google


socialization and alzheimers disease

lead the reader to this article.

Google Search - Short Term Memory Problems


One of the first signs of dementia is short term memory loss. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia; and, a cause of short term memory problems.

Short Term Memory Problems