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Visiting People with Dementia on Holidays

December 11, 2023 3 Comments

HOLIDAY TIPS: Celebrating at home or planning a visit? These important dementia-care tips can help make your holiday season the best possible.

4 Meaningful Thanksgiving Tips

November 20, 2023 1 Comment

HOLIDAYS & DEMENTIA: Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness. People with Alzheimer’s need a special touch. See four dementia tips.

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Guns & Dementia

November 15, 2023 5 Comments

Elderly Americans are the most likely citizens to own a gun AND the most likely patients to have dementia. How great is the danger? What should be done?

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5 Communication Tips for Dementia Caregivers

November 6, 2023 1 Comment

TALKING TO PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA IS VITAL when getting together. Check out 5 handy communication tips and books.

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Redesigning a Home for Dementia Care

November 1, 2023 13 Comments

DESIGN: See this video packed with great examples of home design for dementia. These insights can make a world of difference.

5 Tips to Ease Sundowning in Dementia

October 25, 2023 7 Comments

VIDEO ON SUNDOWNING: See UCLA’s Dementia Care Program deal with end-of-day agitation and irritability, known as “Sundowning”. A caregiver asks, “My loved one’s behavior tends to get worse when the sun starts to go down. He appears exhausted and restless. What can I do to get him through this time of the day?”

Beware of Common Anticholinergic Drugs

October 18, 2023 1 Comment

MEMORY & THINKING are activated by acetyl-choline. Alzheimer’s drugs boost acetyl-choline. Other medications, from allergy to insomnia drugs, may be anti-cholinergic, lowering acetyl-choline. This can spell trouble in dementia. Learn which drugs to avoid and what to look out for.

Alzheimer’s in 6 Stages – Teepa Snow

October 8, 2023 20 Comments

TEEPA CARE VIDEO: Learn about Alzheimer’s 6 stages. Teepa Snow shows what to expect, while keeping the focus on the person for whom you care.

Wives’ Care Partnering Tips

October 5, 2023 No Comments

Two wives caring for their husbands with dementia generously share their experiences and offer caregiving tips to those find themselves in a similar position with a loved one.

How to Approach Residents with Dementia

October 1, 2023 2 Comments

Teepa Snow is the best of all the recognized experts on how to work with dementia patients. See her demonstrate how to engage people in early and mid-stage Alzheimer’s.

At-home Smell Test Detects Alzheimer’s Risk

March 28, 2025

A fascinating Smell-Test developed at Mass General Brigham may help determine your risk of developing Alzheimer’s.

Art Tours for Alzheimer’s

March 27, 2025

ALZHEIMER’S & ART – VIDEO: Art helps people with Alzheimer’s enjoy the moment. The “Contemporary Journeys” program shows, it’s a life that can still offer both great joy and meaningful experiences – through the power of art. Kate McDonald of Twin Cities PBS in Minneapolis reports.

Bill Gates: “Data could hold the key to stopping Alzheimer’s”

March 26, 2025

The good news is that a new initiative called ADDI is pooling research data to accelerate curing Alzheimer’s. Watch Bill Gates on the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative.