http://www.lbda.org/ The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the Lewy body dementias (LBD) en-us <p>A friend&nbsp;told me that I wouldn&rsquo;t stop being a caregiver when Nelson went into a nursing home. She was right.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2832 pA friendnbsptold me that I wouldnrsquot stop being a caregiver when Nelson went into a nursing home She was rightp Ginnie Horst Burkholder 2010-03-08T00:00:00 <p>Limiting the depth of sedation during surgery reduces the risk of postoperative delirium, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2818 pLimiting the depth of sedation during surgery reduces the risk of postoperative delirium according to researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicinep Staff 2010-02-12T00:00:00 <p>Don't just pray for me. I need something more.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2813 pDont just pray for me I need something morep Ginnie Horst Burkholder 2010-02-08T00:00:00 <p>Changes in attention, cognition, and arousal are seen in dementia with Lewy bodies, but a new study also shows cognitive fluctuations occur in people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2806 pChanges in attention cognition and arousal are seen in dementia with Lewy bodies but a new study also shows cognitive fluctuations occur in people diagnosed with Alzheimers diseasep Staff 2010-01-18T00:00:00 <p>Isn&rsquo;t all of life lived in advent &ndash; waiting, watching, longing for that meeting with God?</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2769 pIsnrsquot all of life lived in advent ndash waiting watching longing for that meeting with Godp Ginnie Horst Burkholder 2009-12-28T00:00:00 <p>Getting an LBD diagnosis is sometimes&nbsp;a process of elimination. Jerome Rafferty was finally diagnosed with Lewy body dementia after previous diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2739 pGetting an LBD diagnosis is sometimesnbspa process of elimination Jerome Rafferty was finally diagnosed with Lewy body dementia after previous diagnoses of Alzheimers disease and vascular dementiap Neurology Now 2009-12-11T00:00:00 <p>Chuck was a good teacher. He never stopped teaching, and he made sure&nbsp;I learned what&nbsp;I&nbsp;needed to know.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2729 pChuck was a good teacher He never stopped teaching and he made surenbspI learned whatnbspInbspneeded to knowp Florence H Munat 2009-12-03T00:00:00 <p>Many times I have wanted to walk away. But how do you walk away from Don Quixote?</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2714 pMany times I have wanted to walk away But how do you walk away from Don Quixotep Ginnie Horst Burkholder 2009-11-15T00:00:00 <p>You must use common sense when deciding to take your loved one off the road. One suggestion for you to consider is the grandchild test.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2712 pYou must use common sense when deciding to take your loved one off the road One suggestion for you to consider is the grandchild testp Amy and Gerald Throop 2009-11-12T00:00:00 <p>One of the many difficulties associated with caregiving is that you will tend to disappear.&nbsp;The person you are caring for may be belligerent, ungrateful, treat you as though you were still the child.&nbsp;Deep down you know that they have no malicious intent.&nbsp;</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2708 pOne of the many difficulties associated with caregiving is that you will tend to disappearnbspThe person you are caring for may be belligerent ungrateful treat you as though you were still the childnbspDeep down you know that they have no malicious intentnbspp ML 2009-11-10T00:00:00 <p>Streams of light penetrate the fog at yet higher angles, shifting the picture as if to announce new possibilities. Nothing stays the same it tells me.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2679 pStreams of light penetrate the fog at yet higher angles shifting the picture as if to announce new possibilities Nothing stays the same it tells mep Ginnie Horst Burkholder 2009-10-24T00:00:00 <p>Physicians are rethinking how they look for early signs of dementia.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2674 pPhysicians are rethinking how they look for early signs of dementiap Staff 2009-10-22T00:00:00 <p>Dementia will double in 20 years to affect 115.4 million&nbsp;by 2050, according to a report by advocacy group Alzheimer's Disease International.</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2582 pDementia will double in 20 years to affect 1154 millionnbspby 2050 according to a report by advocacy group Alzheimers Disease Internationalp Staff 2009-09-22T00:00:00 http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2531 Staff 2009-09-09T00:00:00 <p>New Lewy Body Dementia Association support group in Lynchburg, Va. featured in (Lynchburg) News &amp; Advance.<br /> &nbsp;</p> http://www.lbda.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=2526 pNew Lewy Body Dementia Association support group in Lynchburg Va featured in Lynchburg News amp Advancebr nbspp Susan Pugh Lynchburg News Advance 2009-09-07T00:00:00