Summary: Children often struggle to understand why a grandparent with dementia acts strangely or cannot remember their name. Adults can help ease the confusion by anticipating a child's questions and staying involved.

Comment: Although written for families affected by Alzheimer's disease, this article offers helpful tips for helping children understand how a neurological disease affects a patient's behavior.

Summary: Parkinson's disease has imposed dramatic changes on the lives of Mike and Linda O'Leary. But one change was joyful. The couple met through their work in Parkinson's activist groups and were later married.

Comment: This profile describes the challenges of blending the lives of two people with Parkinson's disease.

Summary: A short clinical test of four variables can predict whether a patient with Parkinson's disease is fit to drive. The test is far more accurate than a medical history and physician's interview.

Comment: Physicians often overestimate the driving skills of their patients. The test, on the other hand, is 90% accurate.

Summary: Several defects are more significant than impaired motor skills in making it unsafe for some people with Parkinson's disease to drive. These include errors in judgment, easy distractibility, and an inability to multitask.

Comment: Even patients with relatively mild disease perform significantly worse than control drivers on all motor, cognitive, visual, and driving tests.