Thank you for this very important information. Your presentation is clear, The pace makes it very understandable. Being a caregiver, over a long time, and not taking care of myself, and having a sudden recent TIA has given me a big wake up call. Even then I had to wait to go to a ER until a family member could come to watch and care for my disabled person. Yes caregivers often do fail to take care of themselves. Lesson learned.
Great presentation. There is a purely genetic disease the can lead to vascular dementia in the absence of the mentioned risk factors. It is Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL). Not all with CADASIL get it - those with what is called Classic CADASIL tend to (none of the other risk factors are required). The disease narrows and stiffens arterioles and the small lenticulostriate arteries. I have the classic version of CADASIL.
Hi @meandcadasil7093. Thank you for sharing this information and your experience with CADASIL! Dementia is so complex and so there are so many different types we have to keep learning and teaching about it.
My mother lives in a domestic violence situation that causes her depression. She has vascular brain problems with some memory and cognitive issues. He adult son, the abuser, moves and hides her stuff and tells everyone she is losing it. This is accentuating her condition.
I am a registered nurse in Houston Texas. Is it too late to get CEU’s for watching this video. I’ve watched two of your videos and would like to have CE use for it as it has been very very helpful for me
Hi @lindablaise262 We are only able to provide CE credits for approved programs to those who attend the "live" program and not the recorded version. Please visit our website to see our education calendar and future programs at www.jameslwest.org
Hi @karmajanesandiego764. I encourage you to watch our Alzheimer's Disease: How it Affects the Brain video to get a better understanding of what happens with the brain in someone living with dementia.
Where can I find data on your fact about the risks of general anesthesia causing dementia? My mom is in her 70s and had surgery on her knee a few years ago and I've been observing changes in her cognitive abilities, anxiety level, communication, and overall insecurity about many things.
Hi @aquarainhealer, there are several studies that indicate a higher risk of dementia after general anesthesia, but the studies are not conclusive. Below are links to a few articles that explain further. There can be many reasons and causes to why you are seeing changes in your Mom and we encourage you to see specialist(s) that can help pinpoint the causes of the changes so you can find the right treatment. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8807795/ www.healthline.com/health/dementia/anesthesia-and-dementia www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/anesthesia-impact-on-memory#dementia
One person can't do it, especially if your mother need to be watched 24x7. If your mother has physical challenges, you may need a wheelchair accessible house. Being able to safely lift and transfer without injuring you or your mother may require equipment. Hospice can help if your mother is eligible.
It is great to realize the person is 'having' a hard time but i wish the same grace was allowed minors, especially autistics. A question based on my recovery in final longest medically allowed survival with early onset 'atypical alzheimers': You don't address biotoxin (often treatable) dementia. Is it ignored/prohibited? I have had a great functional decade starting in days of leaving the mycotoxin filled environment and 80% of residences are demonstrated to have mold. I get mocked or silenced for mentioning even to those in documented long-term mycotoxin exposure. It seems like medical gaslighting and deliberate denial along with other proven caused dementias. Medical professionals tried to teach me that method in university, but it never made sense to me. I was also taught the person with dementia is not aware nor able to suffer from brain function loss, which could be justfied by the denial of a dementia dx until very late stage (say last 3-4 years depending on flavor) however, i was extremely aware and distressed (NOT chemically depressed) for about 7 years prior to that final period. I think that is a comfortable self-deception by surrounding real people. Both me and mom knew and suffered a couple decades before that final go.die decade from the gaslights, but not dad. He was intervened and 'heard' for his 2 symptomatic, but lucid decades. Is that a sex-bias or gender bias that is a mutable factor?
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This lady is excellent and this information is very helpful. What a God send!
Wow, thank you!
Thank you for this very important information. Your presentation is clear, The pace makes it very understandable.
Being a caregiver, over a long time, and not taking care of myself, and having a sudden recent TIA has given me a big wake up call. Even then I had to wait to go to a ER until a family member could come to watch and care for my disabled person. Yes caregivers often do fail to take care of themselves. Lesson learned.
Thank you Hollie and James L West for a informational and concise presentation on vascular dementia.
Thanks, you are so great!
You're welcome
She is such a good teacher! Have her make more videos please
You are awesome thank you
You are so welcome
Thank you for vascular info. I have it and appreciate info. Love the teacher.
Glad it was helpful!
What symptoms are you on medication 😊
Antidepressants are definitely habit forming and very hard to get off. Happened to my best friend. It can take years to truly get back to normal.
Great presentation.
There is a purely genetic disease the can lead to vascular dementia in the absence of the mentioned risk factors. It is Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL). Not all with CADASIL get it - those with what is called Classic CADASIL tend to (none of the other risk factors are required).
The disease narrows and stiffens arterioles and the small lenticulostriate arteries.
I have the classic version of CADASIL.
Hi @meandcadasil7093. Thank you for sharing this information and your experience with CADASIL! Dementia is so complex and so there are so many different types we have to keep learning and teaching about it.
My mother lives in a domestic violence situation that causes her depression.
She has vascular brain problems with some memory and cognitive issues.
He adult son, the abuser, moves and hides her stuff and tells everyone she is losing it.
This is accentuating her condition.
Teepa Snow says in vascular dementia patients do not experience depression, it is actually apathy.
I am a registered nurse in Houston Texas. Is it too late to get CEU’s for watching this video. I’ve watched two of your videos and would like to have CE use for it as it has been very very helpful for me
Hi @lindablaise262 We are only able to provide CE credits for approved programs to those who attend the "live" program and not the recorded version. Please visit our website to see our education calendar and future programs at www.jameslwest.org
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Thank you. God bless you and your valuable work.
What happens with our brain? More information needed
Hi @karmajanesandiego764. I encourage you to watch our Alzheimer's Disease: How it Affects the Brain video to get a better understanding of what happens with the brain in someone living with dementia.
My mother lives in a domestic violence situation (54 year old son) and it's not safe for other family members to visit and and check on her..
Where can I find data on your fact about the risks of general anesthesia causing dementia? My mom is in her 70s and had surgery on her knee a few years ago and I've been observing changes in her cognitive abilities, anxiety level, communication, and overall insecurity about many things.
Hi @aquarainhealer, there are several studies that indicate a higher risk of dementia after general anesthesia, but the studies are not conclusive. Below are links to a few articles that explain further.
There can be many reasons and causes to why you are seeing changes in your Mom and we encourage you to see specialist(s) that can help pinpoint the causes of the changes so you can find the right treatment.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8807795/
www.healthline.com/health/dementia/anesthesia-and-dementia
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/anesthesia-impact-on-memory#dementia
How do I go about getting my mother out of nursing care? So I can become her caregiver? Please and Thank you ❤
One person can't do it, especially if your mother need to be watched 24x7. If your mother has physical challenges, you may need a wheelchair accessible house. Being able to safely lift and transfer without injuring you or your mother may require equipment. Hospice can help if your mother is eligible.
Notes on LBD
My mother has this type of dementia along with vascular Parkinson.
What did this to us!!!!!
Why does this happen 😢
It is great to realize the person is 'having' a hard time but i wish the same grace was allowed minors, especially autistics.
A question based on my recovery in final longest medically allowed survival with early onset 'atypical alzheimers':
You don't address biotoxin (often treatable) dementia. Is it ignored/prohibited? I have had a great functional decade starting in days of leaving the mycotoxin filled environment and 80% of residences are demonstrated to have mold. I get mocked or silenced for mentioning even to those in documented long-term mycotoxin exposure.
It seems like medical gaslighting and deliberate denial along with other proven caused dementias. Medical professionals tried to teach me that method in university, but it never made sense to me. I was also taught the person with dementia is not aware nor able to suffer from brain function loss, which could be justfied by the denial of a dementia dx until very late stage (say last 3-4 years depending on flavor) however, i was extremely aware and distressed (NOT chemically depressed) for about 7 years prior to that final period. I think that is a comfortable self-deception by surrounding real people. Both me and mom knew and suffered a couple decades before that final go.die decade from the gaslights, but not dad. He was intervened and 'heard' for his 2 symptomatic, but lucid decades. Is that a sex-bias or gender bias that is a mutable factor?