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When an ill person cannot properly open her eyes, why do people doubt that she's really having trouble?
What happens when a wife no-longer knows her husband because an illness has deprived her of that knowledge?
Dementia even haunts individuals who have the infliction when they are safe in bed.
As Nutcracker resumes his ability to speak, he visits Marie. Asking her to travel with him, to see wonderful things, Nutcracker assures Marie that she...
Lewy is short for "Lewy Body Dementia," a debilitating illness without a cure.
Being lost is much more than it seems for someone with Lewy Body Dementia.
As dementia progresses, once-cohesive thoughts become obscured (leading to frustration and hopelessness).
What does a dementia-afflicted patient do when she doesn't remember what seems impossible to forget ... especially when it just happened?
A man dressed in black seems to follow a patient wherever she goes, but no one else seems him. Is he real?
The original story of "The Nutcracker," by E.T.A. Hoffman, introduces us to the Nutcracker in Chapter 3 where this interesting wooden creature is call...
Memories are the stuff of life, but what happens when a brain illness makes them impossible to retrieve?
There is something about the special bond between sisters that transcends even illness.