Extreme Bad Behavior or Dementia and/or Alzheimer's?

Extreme Bad Behavior or Dementia 

and/or Alzheimer's?

Alzheimer’s disease can change how a person acts over time.

You may see behaviors like:

• Getting upset, worried, and angry more easily
• Acting depressed or not interested in things
• Hiding things
• Wandering

Caregivers may not be able to stop these changes,

but there are ways to cope. Read about them in

our tip sheet

Managing Personality and Behavior Changes.

This tip sheet is available to download as a PDF

 and an e-Book (both ePub and MOBI formats).

Share this info on social media with the following message:

#Caregivers—learn how to cope with common behavior

changes in ppl w/ #Alzheimers http://1.usa.gov/1NvRy4X

[My personal experience....caring for family

members...for over 34 years

This is also includes interesting behaviors e.g.

·        lying-forgetting they lied and

·        constantly changing the “lie”

·        "lifting items"/removing/hiding/

taking (items they feel

they must have or feel entitled to have)

·        brainwashing (convincing someone through

misinformation to follow their current beliefs) 

·        convincing people they are worthless and not

as intelligent as they are 

·        overbearing needs to be in control of others to

benefit/protect themselves

·        abusive/verbal abuse

·        neglect (themselves/others)

·        prone to tangents/fits of rage

in order to have their way

·        dangerous behaviors/changing personalities

  

Question: Is this just Extreme Bad Behavior

or Dementia with Alzheimer's? 

By my experience...it is all of three!

klsb]

 For More Information

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To find out more about participating in

clinical trials and studies, talk with your

 health care provider or contact any

of the organizations listed below.

Participating in Alzheimer's research may

 help you and future generations.

Alzheimer’s Disease Education and

 Referral (ADEAR) Center
1-800-438-4380 (toll-free)
adear@nia.nih.gov
www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers

Find Alzheimer’s and cognitive impairment

 trials: www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/clinical-trials

Find Alzheimer’s disease centers:

www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/alzheimers-disease-research-centers

Visit NIH’s ADEAR website to learn more

about Alzheimer’s and other dementias,

find clinical trials, and sign up for email

updates to hear about new trials. The ADEAR

 Center offers information and publications

 for families, caregivers, and professionals

 on diagnosis, treatment, patient care, caregiver

needs, long-term care, education and training,

and research related to Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS)
www.adcs.org

The ADCS, funded by NIH’s National Institute

on Aging, is a consortium of medical research

centers and clinics working to develop and

test drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

Matching Services and Registries

Alzheimer’s Association
1-800-272-3900 (toll-free)
www.alz.org

The Alzheimer’s Association has a clinical trial

service, TrialMatch®, at www.alz.org/trialmatch.

The Association is a national, nonprofit

organization with a network of local

 chapters that provide education and

support for people diagnosed with

Alzheimer’s disease, their families, and caregivers.

ResearchMatch
www.ResearchMatch.org/roar

ResearchMatch is an NIH-funded service that

helps match people interested in clinical trials

with researchers. Anyone with an email address

can join, and members are invited to participate

 in many kinds of studies and trials.

Alzheimer’s Prevention Registry
www.endALZnow.org

The Alzheimer’s Prevention Registry is

an online community open to anyone age

 18 or older who wants to learn about and

possibly participate

in Alzheimer’s prevention studies.

General Information About

Research Participation

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• NIH Clinical Research Trials and You:
•  www.nih.gov/health/clinicaltrials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: www.clinicaltrials.gov
• (searchable online database of trials and studies)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Participating in Clinical Trials:
•  http://patientnetwork.fda.gov/find-out-about-clinical-trials

The FDA regulates all U.S. clinical trials of drugs and 

devices and offers information and resources for clinical 

trial participants and professionals.

Publication Date: August 2014
Page Last Updated: January 22, 2015

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