See Harvard Alzheimer’s expert Dr. Rudy Tanzi and Deepak Chopra explore cutting edge research and insights on sleep’s capacity to prevent Alzheimer’s.
Shoulder issues? Mobility limits? This durable little device helps more than one can imagine when reaching for a seat belt!
INFO + CHECKLISTS: Dementia demands preparation. When bad weather strikes, be ready. This post includes checklists to help you prepare, tips on how to ride it out, plus ways to get back on your feet in the aftermath.
Newer blood tests accurately predict Alzheimer’s. This opens the door to earlier detection and treatment. Be cautious: only taking these tests with guidance from a medical expert.
Replacing one serving per day of processed red meat with fish was associated with a 28% lower risk of dementia. Learn how.
Watch Teepa show ways of approaching people with Alzheimer’s. Teepa is the best of all the recognized experts on caring for dementia patients.
FILL A MEMORY BOX with photos and memorabilia of a person with dementia, then position it by their door. See it re-orient them, trigger conversations, make a doorway one’s own, and mostly, stimulate memories of good times.
This week in the USA: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
LAW & MONEY: Get ahead of the legal & financial challenges of Alzheimer’s. This Fact Sheet is a great place to start.
TECH VIDEO: See how video messages break through Alzheimer’s morning fog. Learn why they perk up people with dementia. Watch this pilot program in action.
Betanin makes beets red. Betanin slows the #1 Alzheimer’s culprit, brain plaque. Learn the way it fights dementia and how much to eat or drink.
MUSIC (VIDEO & ARTICLE): Alive Inside is an award-winning, magical, healing film. Watch music’s ability to fight memory loss & restore a deep sense of self.
U.S. dementia rates dropped 65% in 40 years. Even so, this predicts a 25% rise in total cases by 2050, due to population aging. See the real numbers. Learn why predictions of dementia doubling by 2050 are sensationalized fake news.
Three important dementia studies focus on HS-AGING, a type of dementia almost as common as Alzheimer’s in the 85+ group. Yet few people have heard of it. Why? What makes it different?
An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?
Enjoy this great duet between a musician with dementia and his son. A triumph of spirit over Alzheimer’s! Sing-a-long if you like!
It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.
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