What are the Possible Causes of Hallucinations in Alzheimers Disease?
What are the Possible Causes of Hallucinations in Alzheimer’s Disease?Answer: Delusions and hallucinations in Alzheimer’s disease are quite common, affecting up to half of all Alzheimer’s patients, usually in the middle stages of the disease. While they can occur in all five senses, seeing things (visual hallucinations) is the most common type. While chances are reasonably good that if your loved one is seeing people in her home who are not there, it is a symptom of her dementia, it’s important to realize that there are other possible causes as well. Hallucinations can occur for a variety of reasons in later life, with one large study in Sweden finding that almost 7% of all 85 year-old individuals without dementia were experiencing hallucinations. Psychiatric Disorders In addition to dementia, hallucinations may occur in
