Alzheimer’s Resource and Research Foundation

ASK DR. MINDY™ MINDY KIM-MILLER, MD, PhD to learn more about Dr. Mindy click here Question: My mother, her mother, and my great aunt had Alzheimers. My mother had early onset and died from the complications at 69. I am now 59. The only sibling. Do I need to take tests? If so what kind? […]

ASK DR. MINDY™ MINDY KIM-MILLER, MD, PhD to learn more about Dr. Mindy click here Question: I worry about my father, who is Mother’s caregiver. She is not to the point of getting 24-hour professional help but is at a stage where leaving her alone is worrisome. Dad is 82 and like many from his

ASK DR. MINDY™ MINDY KIM-MILLER, MD, PhD to learn more about Dr. Mindy click here Question: Is it normal for someone with Alzheimer’s to go into a grocery store and try to walk out with a cart of groceries without paying for them when he is with his caretaker? When security stopped him, he said

ASK DR. MINDY™ MINDY KIM-MILLER, MD, PhD to learn more about Dr. Mindy click here Question: Some of my relatives have Alzheimer’s disease, and I am worried that I might get it too. I want a way to check for the early signs of dementia. Somebody told me that it might be possible to test

ASK DR. MINDY™ MINDY KIM-MILLER, MD, PhD to learn more about Dr. Mindy click here Question: I am trying to get my mother to stop smoking and drinking. My mother had depression when she was younger, and she started smoking and drinking pretty heavily during her first serious episode of depression. She is now 74

ASK DR. MINDY™ MINDY KIM-MILLER, MD, PhD to learn more about Dr. Mindy click here Question: My mother is 85 years old and has dementia. She keeps asking me to take her to the house where she grew up. The house has been torn down, but she believes that the house has been rebuilt just

ASK DR. MINDY™ MINDY KIM-MILLER, MD, PhD to learn more about Dr. Mindy click here Question: My mother, now 82, was diagnosed with mild Alzheimer’s apparently about 3 years ago, but the family was not notified. Mother was given Aricept, which she told us was just simply to help her memory. Last July, she was

ASK DR. MINDY™ MINDY KIM-MILLER, MD, PhD to learn more about Dr. Mindy click here Question: My mother has bouts of “sundowning.” She is on Dilantin and carbadopa for her Parkinsons. During her bouts, she clicks her teeth and makes other animated movements. She has not verbalized for years. Her countenance also changes–sometimes she is

ASK DR. MINDY™ MINDY KIM-MILLER, MD, PhD to learn more about Dr. Mindy click here Question: My dad has Alzheimers. When the caregiver is trying to give him a shower, he becomes very mean and belligerent. He yells about the water being hot and how his eyes are burning. The water is very lukewarm, for

ASK DR. MINDY™ MINDY KIM-MILLER, MD, PhD to learn more about Dr. Mindy click here Question: I have been caring for my parents for nearly a year now in their home. Mother has dementia and Dad is just old. Actually, they are both 89. Mom is allergic to all medication so we only can get