The Lewy Body Dementia Association is committed to increasing awareness about LBD 365 days a year. This year, October 10-16 will truly be A Week To Remember as LBD families are Standing Strong with LBDA to raise LBD awareness and support throughout the country. While many events for A Week To Remember will take place between October 10-16, 2010, all LBD awareness activities that take place between July and December, 2010 will count towards the campaign.

Click here to learn more about how you can get involved in the first nationwide, grassroots, LBD awareness movement.

Learn more about LBD:

What is LBD?

Diagnosis

Symptoms

Treatment Options

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Report on LBD Caregiver Survey Now Available

Nearly 80% of people with LBD received a diagnosis for a different cognitive, movement or psychiatric disorder before ultimately learning they had Lewy body dementia. Learn more about the challenges reported by LBD families in LBDA’s new report, Caregiver Burden in Lewy Body Dementias.

The report is available for download here.

LBDA Launches www.LBDstories.com

A picture is worth a thousand words. Help us bring LBD out of the shadows by telling the world a story about life with LBD. Put a face on LBD by including a picture too! Share your story today at www.lbdstories.com.

Men's-only virtual support group starts

Board member Steve Lamb has founded a virtual support group for men who are caring for a loved one with Lewy body dementia.

The group meets by teleconference, so it is available to anyone with access to a phone. Caregivers who have difficulty traveling to a local support group are invited to call in and join the discussion. The group meets the second Thursday of each month from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern time. Details, including contact phone numbers, are provided here.

Learning about Lewy body dementia - start here

Here are some helpful materials to print out and read at your convenience.  (These materials can be viewed with Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded for free from Adobe.)

• An Introduction to LBD - for the person newly diagnosed with LBD and those still seeking answers 
   
• Understanding LBD -
  10 Things You Should Know [PDF 179kb]
   
• Facts About LBD pamphlet
   
• Lewy Body Digest (e-news from LBDA)

• Visit our Medical Professionals section
   
• For Emergency Room Physicians:
  Treating LBD Psychosis
   
• Current Issues in LBD Diagnosis, Treatment and Research [PDF 419kb]
   
• Physician Reference List 
   
• Comprehensive Treatment Approach Improves Quality of Life