Medically reviewed by Huma Sheikh, MD Key Takeaways Confabulation is when someone with dementia unintentionally shares false ...

Dear Carol: I’m my mom’s only daughter, so we are close. Mom was recently diagnosed with mixed dementia, so I moved her in with me and I’m trying to learn how to care for her. She’s always been a ...

Dear Carol: My mom burned pans when she cooked, got overdue notices on bills, and has become incontinent. Since she wasn’t safe living alone, for now, she’s living with me while we wait for a room in ...

I’m taken back to my internship in 1964 at the city hospital of Houston, Texas. An alcoholic patient presented to the emergency room. Taking his history yielded grandiose, authoritative, almost ...