When music icon Glen Campbell was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, he was told to hang up his guitar and prepare for the inevitable. Instead, Glen and his wife, Kim, went public with the diagnosis and announced that he and his family would set out on a Good Bye Tour. See what happened.
The movie “I’LL BE ME” tells the story of music legend Glen Campbell. His life, his music and the extraordinary 151-city “Goodbye Tour” de force that’s made him a hero.
See how a pioneer ‘buddy’ program at Northwestern University pairs medical students with Alzheimer’s patients. Watch now.
VIDEO: See Alyea Pierce’s dramatic presentation, in spoken word, about overcoming the challenges of caring for Alzheimer’s.
VIDEO: Glen Campbell’s movie, “I’ll Be Me”, is much more than superstars, great music & Alzheimer’s. It is an educational tour of Alzheimer’s medicine, technology
VIDEO: It started with just four notes. Paul Harvey, who’s 80 and has dementia, improvised a tune that went viral online. After taking to the
VIDEO: A 93-year-old jazz pianist suffering from dementia and depression was given a new lease of life when his care home discovered his talent.
INSPIRING VIDEO: Watch this transformation of the Redstone dementia unit. Peel Region took a risk, with a plan to transform the Redstone long-term care home,
MOVIE TRAILER: “What They Had” is a hit film centering on a colorful family, pulling together to rise above Alzheimer’s. Heartbreaking but funny, see scenes
McGill University researchers found Leqembi to be even more effective, in males than females, at fighting Alzheimer’s.
A University of California at Davis study examines how connection, through activities with horses, improves life with dementia.
Courage does not always roar.
Sometimes it is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying,
“I will try again tomorrow.”
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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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.
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