host: maggie in ohio. good morning. you are on the air maggie. caller: yes. mother has been diagnosed with alzheimer's with -- with dementia i'm sorry. i wanted to know if i should be pursuing other avenues in terms of whether she will develop alzheimer's, or just wait until something actually happens. guest: i take it from your comment that your mother was -- your mother was told she has dementia, but not specifically alzheimer's disease. i think it is important that you continue to pursue with your health care provider what really is driving alzheimer's disease or the dementia. in a few cases, they can be reversed, typically not. but there are other reasons to continue to talk with your health care provider. let your health care provider know that you are engaged in care and you want to have a conversation about this. too often, we find that these conversations don't take place between a family and health care provider, for a number of reasons, but that should change. and if you are not getting the support in the conversations you need there, you may want t

host: maggie in ohio. good morning. you are on the air maggie. caller: yes. my mother has been diagnosed with alzheimer's with -- with dementia i'm sorry. i wanted to know if i should be pursuing other avenues in terms of whether she will develop alzheimer's, or just wait until something actually happens. guest: i take it from your comment that your mother was -- your mother was told she has dementia, but not specifically alzheimer's disease. i think it is important that you continue to pursue with your health care provider what really is driving alzheimer's disease or the dementia. in a few cases, they can be reversed, typically not. but there are other reasons to continue to talk with your health care provider. let your health care provider know that you are engaged in care and you want to have a conversation about this. too often, we find that these conversations don't take place between a family and health care provider, for a number of reasons, but that should change. and if you are not getting the support in the conversations you need there, you may want