Sandwich Caregiving
The challenges and rewards of caring for young children and aging parents at the same time Fact checked by Shannon Sparks Emily Ellison wanted to help. She just wasn’t sure how to manage everything. The Wicker Park mom was juggling the demands of raising her 3- and 6-year-old children while caring for her 73-year-old mother-in-law, […]
Many with Lewy Body Dementia Also Have Alzheimer’s disease
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What’s the difference between Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer’s? How is Lewy body dementia diagnosed? ANSWER: Doctors diagnose Lewy body dementia based on the range of symptoms a person shows. Generally, the diagnosis requires an ongoing decline in thinking skills, along with two of the following: visual hallucinations, Parkinsonism or fluctuating alertness. […]