Overview

• Augusto Nascimento said the condition was confirmed after recent medical evaluations and told Piauí this will be the family’s only statement on the matter, a detail later confirmed by G1.
• The son noticed a sharp decline this year, including memory lapses, a fixed stare, repeated stories and reduced appetite, prompting tests ordered in April by longtime clinician Weverton Siqueira.
• Weeks after a May motorhome trip of roughly 4,000 km through Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, further exams in Brazil confirmed Lewy body dementia.
• Doctors described Lewy body dementia as a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with cognitive and motor symptoms that overlap features of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
• Nascimento has lived with Parkinson’s since 2023, and clinicians indicate supportive, multidisciplinary care for his current condition without detailing specific treatment plans.