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Living With Advanced Dementia

lukej October 18, 2023 No Comments

This piece was originally published by The Illinois Times on May 10, 2018. My grandmother, whom we called “Nana,” always loved children. Many times, she asked me to give her great-grandchildren. In…

After Bruce Willis’ diagnosis, what you should know about dementia

Katie Wingo February 24, 2023 No Comments

This month actor Bruce Willis’ (Die Hard, Moonlighting) family announced that he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Frontotemporal dementia primarily affects the areas of the brain most closely…

1 in 2 older adults now die with a dementia diagnosis

lukej April 20, 2022 No Comments

This was published by the Gettysburg Times. Nearly half of all older adults now die with a dementia diagnosis, up more than one-third (36%) in just the past two decades,…

Dementia: 7 Stages

lukej December 1, 2020 No Comments

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. Others include Lewy Body dementia, vascular dementia, and frontotemporal dementia. Different forms of dementia have their own symptoms and patterns of…

Dementia and End-of-Life Care

lukej April 16, 2020 No Comments

Dementia Impacts Millions Dementia is a devastating, incurable condition affecting an estimated 5.8 million older adults in the United States.1 That number is expected to grow as the number of…

Dementia Provision

lukej April 17, 2019 No Comments

subject: Dementia

Living With Advanced Dementia

After Bruce Willis’ diagnosis, what you should know about dementia

1 in 2 older adults now die with a dementia diagnosis

Dementia: 7 Stages

Dementia and End-of-Life Care

Dementia Provision