Dad was diagnosed with sub-cortical vascular dementia and alzheimers about 3 years ago. Since then he's developed a distinct shuffle and now struggles to walk, often stopping and unable to move at all.
His new care home have mentioned it could be Parkinsons. He doesn't have a tremor, but perhaps it explains his lack of speech/swallow too? I always assumed it was vascular. Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of the overlap between these various diseases?
Also, since moving to his new care home last week, he's suddenly sleeping till late morning every day... something he would never do in his last home. Maybe it's just quieter so he isn't woken up. I'm happy he's so relaxed but not sure what to think of it...
His new care home have mentioned it could be Parkinsons. He doesn't have a tremor, but perhaps it explains his lack of speech/swallow too? I always assumed it was vascular. Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of the overlap between these various diseases?
Also, since moving to his new care home last week, he's suddenly sleeping till late morning every day... something he would never do in his last home. Maybe it's just quieter so he isn't woken up. I'm happy he's so relaxed but not sure what to think of it...