If you are a first time visitor, we are glad you are here! This is an excellent place to share your questions on LBD, and pass along any caregiving tips and LBD information that has helped you along the way. Please read the forum guidelines found here: http://community.lbda.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11 and then browse the different forums on Symptoms and Diagnosis, Behavioral Issues, and Medications. Don’t forget our Respite Room is available for any non-LBD topics as well!

We strongly recommend two key articles (written by members of LBDA’s Scientific Advisory Council) as excellent educational materials for caregivers. In fact, many of your questions about LBD may very well be answered in these two articles! You can read a comprehensive article on diagnosis and treatment of dementia with Lewy bodies by Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Brad Boeve here: http://lbda.org/content/lbd-requires-comprehensive-treatment-approach. The second article, by Tanis Ferman, PhD and colleagues at Mayo Clinic, addresses managing the behavioral challenges of dementia, and can be found here: http://lbda.org/content/understanding-behavioral-changes-dementia.

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In hope,

Angela Taylor
Lewy Body Dementia Association

Increasing Knowledge, Sharing Experience, Building Hope

Then I know I am in the right place, since Dr. Boeve is one of my husband's docs....God bless.

Welcome, you are in the right place, if you are in the need of information, comfort and honest answers! We now have so many topics in our forums and hit upon most subjects, this is a place people have been coming in ther need of LBD info for 18 months now!

FYI, link to Ferman et al. article does not appear to be working.

Julianne,
Thanks for the heads up I will make sure the correct person checks on it!

I am a new user. The link to Dr. Boeve's paper does not seem to be working. Is it still available? I was able to download the Ferman paper and look forward to reading it. Tnanks, blevd

I don't post links any more to Boeve's paper because everytime the LBDA does a website change, the links die. So...I suggest going to lbda.org and do a search for "Boeve 2004 Continuum" and you'll see it among the results list.

I wondered why you didn't give a url, Robin. Thanks for explaining.

Right now the search for "Boeve 2004 Continuum" returns 21 choices and it isn't easy to know which one to select, because it does not use the word Continuum in the description. It may help to know that the title in the search results is Diagnostic Review & Medicine Management of Dementia with Lewy Bodies That takes you to a longer description, with a link near the bottom to see the full article.

I downloaded it about two years ago as a pdf file.

So have I -- but you've got to find it first!

And blevd is new...

It's stored on my computer. I'm afraid I don't understand... Or, are you saying you can't find it on your computer? BTDT.

blevd is new, so he/she doesn't have it on his/her computer.

I was referring to the 'Boeve 2004 Continuum'.

We are just trying to explain how to find this very useful document. Look on Pat's computer is probably not the right answer.