Is there anyone else on this forum who has vascular dementia, not just recently diagnosed, and has made progress with this protocol? We three have done 23AndMe, and my father has one copy of e4. It looks like men like that have a 20-23% chance of getting Alzheimers after age 85. Maybe he has more than just VD.
My father and I moved in together a few years ago in San Antonio, TX. He had been diagnosed with MCI and vascular dementia and needed a little help here and there. Another problem is that his hearing is poor even with newer hearing aids. Now he is 95 and worse. He can still do his ADLs.
I got the Bredesen book last year, and my father had been doing some of the recommended interventions already, like sleeping with a CPAP.
Now I wonder if my father is too far gone to benefit from the Protocol, or MEND, or ReCODE, or whatever the heck this program is called.
I'm waiting to hear from AHNP about practitioners in or near San Antonio, but I've already found a couple. Haven't called them yet.
My brother lives in the same apartment complex and helps out. My father has "walking companions" a few times a week, who report that he has been shuffling now and then, not picking up his feet properly. That resulted in a minor fall and his health insurance is now paying for PT once a week. I put him through in-bed exercises in the mornings. I know that dementia can affect motor functions like walking, so I'm not sure the PT will help.
I'm in Facebook groups for caregivers and MCI, and I'm a volunteer for the Alzheimer's Association. I graduated from nursing school at age 60 and got my practical/vocational license. I am finally working, and now I feel like my own brain and body are getting rusty! Do any other caregivers worry about having dementia?