Score one for LBD Awareness!

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I just logged on and saw 's post on the 14th, about October being LBD

Awareness Month.  AND I have a little good news to share in that regard.

Back in August,   I found a neat (free) app for my Android smartphone called

iTriage.  (There are versions for iPhone and BlackBerry as well, and you can

see their web page at www.iTriagehealth.com .)  It's an app in which you can

search locations, symptoms, diseases, procedures, and get lots of information. 

I was browsing it for conditions I was familiar with to check it out, and when I

looked for dementia, it listed only Alzheimers and vascular dementia .  I sent

an email to the developers of the app asking them to consider adding LBD, as it

is not well known and this seemed like a good opportunity to raise awareness. 

The very next day I got an email saying that my recommendation had been

forwarded to the chief medical officer for consideration.  The day after that,

I got an email with a link to what they were adding with regard to LBD!!  They

told me then that the new information was already on the web, and that it would

be added to the apps with the next update.  Finally, a few days ago, the

iTriage app was updated, and LBD is now listed if you search for dementia!

I know this comes too late for any of us who are already in this group, but I

pray it will help other caregivers and family members find you, and all of your

support, sooner. 

Love and strength to all of you who are still fighting this fight!  You all

have a special place waiting in heaven.

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Cared for Mom while dementia progressed over about five years, until she was

taken suddenly this past February, at age 87, from complications following a

stroke.