Memory Disorders Clinic Takes a Family Approach

by Zinta Aistars


Tom and his granddaughter Sophia

Until I was commissioned to write this patient story for the neurology department of a health care organization in Grand Rapids, Michigan, I had never heard of Lewy Body Dementia. I always learn something new when I write a new story. In this case, that LBD is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer's, yet is often misdiagnosed. 

Here's Tom's story:



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