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• Understanding DementiaLewy body dementiaLewy body dementia combines cognitive change with visual hallucinations, fluctuating alertness, movement changes, and sleep disturbance.
• Understanding DementiaWhat is dementia?Dementia is not one disease. It is a term for a decline in memory, thinking, language, or judgment that is severe enough to interfere with everyday life.
• Understanding DementiaNormal aging vs dementiaSome memory change is expected with age. Dementia is different: it interferes with tasks a person used to handle without help.
• Understanding DementiaVascular dementiaVascular dementia results from strokes or small vessel disease. Slowed thinking and difficulty with planning often stand out more than memory loss.
• Understanding DementiaFrontotemporal dementiaFrontotemporal dementia usually begins between ages 45 and 65 with changes in behavior, judgment, or language rather than memory.
• Understanding DementiaParkinson's disease dementiaParkinson's disease dementia develops in some people years after Parkinson's movement symptoms begin.
• Understanding DementiaMixed dementiaMany older adults have more than one cause of dementia at the same time, most commonly Alzheimer's disease plus vascular changes.
• TreatmentCan dementia be treated?There is meaningful treatment for dementia, even though most causes cannot yet be cured.
• Caregiver CenterHow to redirect someone with dementiaRedirection works when you join the person's reality first and change direction second.
• Living SafelyDriving and dementiaDementia eventually makes driving unsafe. The question is not whether, but when — and how to handle the transition.
• Living SafelyFirearms and dementiaFirearm access requires an early, direct plan — judgment, confusion, and paranoia can make a home firearm dangerous.
• Living SafelyLiving alone with dementiaSome people with early dementia live alone safely with supports. The plan needs regular reassessment.
• Illinois ResourcesMcHenry County dementia resourcesA mix of suburban and rural communities where transportation and respite are frequent needs for dementia caregivers.
• Illinois ResourcesCook County dementia resourcesIllinois' largest county, with the greatest concentration of memory clinics, academic neurology programs, and community caregiver services.
• Illinois ResourcesLake County dementia resourcesServing communities from Waukegan to Barrington with hospital-based memory programs, adult day services, and township senior support.
• Illinois ResourcesKane County dementia resourcesAurora, Elgin, and the Fox Valley corridor, with hospital systems offering neurology and geriatric services.
• Illinois ResourcesDuPage County dementia resourcesDense suburban network of senior services, adult day programs, and memory care communities.
• Illinois ResourcesWill County dementia resourcesFast-growing county with expanding senior services in Joliet, Plainfield, and Bolingbrook.
• Illinois ResourcesWinnebago County dementia resourcesRockford serves as the regional hub for neurology, hospice, and caregiver programs in northern Illinois.
• Illinois ResourcesBoone County dementia resourcesSmaller county where many families use Rockford-area specialists alongside local senior services.
• Illinois ResourcesDeKalb County dementia resourcesDeKalb and Sycamore anchor services for a largely rural county with meaningful transportation needs.
• Illinois ResourcesKendall County dementia resourcesOne of the state's fastest-growing counties, with services often shared across the Fox Valley region.
• TreatmentRivastigmine (Exelon)A cholinesterase inhibitor available as a skin patch, often used in Lewy body and Parkinson's disease dementia.
• Caregiver CenterHallucinationsSeeing people or animals that are not there is common, especially in Lewy body dementia and Parkinson's disease dementia.
• TreatmentLeqembi (lecanemab)An anti-amyloid antibody that modestly slows decline in early Alzheimer's disease for carefully selected patients.
• Understanding DementiaMild cognitive impairment (MCI)MCI is a stage between normal aging and dementia: testing shows a change, but the person still manages daily life independently.
• Understanding DementiaAlzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. It usually begins with short-term memory difficulty and progresses gradually.
• Understanding DementiaLATE (limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy)LATE is an age-related condition that causes memory loss resembling Alzheimer's disease, most often in people over 80.
• Understanding DementiaOther causes of memory problemsSeveral medical, psychiatric, and neurologic conditions can produce memory symptoms that are not degenerative dementia.
• Understanding DementiaReversible contributors to cognitive symptomsEven when dementia is present, treating reversible contributors can meaningfully improve day-to-day function.