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“Caregiving at Life’s End” By Johanna Turner

Date June 19, 2004

Posted by Robin Riddle

“Caregiving at Life’s End” By Johanna Turner

In this 2004, article Johanna Turner discusses the challenging of caregiving at the end of a loved one’s life.
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Did You Know?

“Fluctuating cognition” is when there are unpredictable changes in someone’s level of cognition and attention. This symptom is common in Lewy body dementia. Some families describe it as the person seems normal one minute and then something is clearly wrong the next. This is different from sundowning, which occurs predictably when the sun goes down. Learn more about LBD.

Some people say their family member has “Parkinson’s with Lewy Bodies.” This is redundant as Parkinson’s Disease is a Lewy body disease. Probably what they mean that is that their family has “Lewy Body Dementia” or “Parkinson’s Disease Dementia.” Learn more.

Two out of three US adults have not completed an advance care directive.

There are two types of Multiple System Atrophy: a parkinsonism form and a cerebellar form. Orthostatic hypotension is not required for an MSA diagnosis. Learn more.

Frontotemporal degeneration (or frontotemporal lobar degeneration) is an umbrella term referring to disorders of the frontal lobe and temporal lobe. Within this FTD umbrella are movement disorder subtypes, which includes progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration. Learn more about PSP. Learn more about CBD.

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