ASSISTANCE VIDEO + ARTICLE: Hilarity for Charity® and the Home Instead Senior Care® network are working together to award home care grants, to those providing
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK: This chair-exercise set comes with two DVDs. One has a stretching routine, the second has strength and balance exercises. Great for
VIDEO + ARTICLE: The Cognoptix Eye Test for Alzheimer’s is in clinical trials. It is already doing so well that this week, it received an
Diagnosing CTE, a dementia common to athletes, is crucial. It’s often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s, but CTE needs different treatment. For the first time, there is an experimental test that can confirm a CTE diagnosis during life. See how.
Sitting too much, even if you exercise at the end of the day for half an hour, will have a detrimental effect on your brain.
Plaque is the prime suspect behind Alzheimer’s. Amyloid-beta combines to form oligomers, which make up the plaque that clogs up the Alzheimer’s brain. Though we
VIDEO: After being diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s, Phyllis Blais started going to classes at the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation. See how the classes, designed to
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK: Easy to set up and simple to use, Med-E-Lert ensures medications are taken properly and on-time. A long-duration buzzer sounds continuously
VIDEO+ARTICLE: The A4 Study is a cutting-edge trial aimed at preventing Alzheimer’s. The clinical trial is testing normal adults who are at risk for the
VIDEO+ARTICLE: Namenda® is a drug widely used to treat mid-stage Alzheimer’s. The government is suing Namenda’s manufacturer to stop them from discontinuing their current formulation.
When Kathy Mattea first sang, “Where’ve You Been”, she wondered to herself, “Do people want to hear this on the way to work?”
DIET & NUTRITION: ADNI (Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative) is a massive research project. ADNI showed fish oil supplements offer improvements in cognitive decline and brain atrophy. Learn how.
During our dementia journey, I made lots of mistakes. I learned many lessons including these 14. Perhaps they can help you.
SHORT-TERM MEMORY lapses are obvious signs of Alzheimer’s, but other tell-tale signals begin to show much earlier. Learn how to look for semantic impairments, such as simple questions about size.
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!
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This site was inspired by my Mom’s autoimmune dementia.
It is a place where we separate out the wheat from the chafe, the important articles & videos from each week’s river of news. Google gets a new post on Alzheimer’s or dementia every 7 minutes. That can overwhelm anyone looking for help. This site filters out, focuses on and offers only the best information. It has helped hundreds of thousands of people since it debuted in 2007. Thanks to our many subscribers for your supportive feedback.
The site is dedicated to all those preserving the dignity of the community of people living with dementia.
Peter Berger, Editor