Dementia-Safe Bedrooms
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HOME DESIGN: Use this safety checklist for living at home with dementia. It can alert you to potential hazards.
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Amazing Dementia Village Cares for Advanced Alzheimer’s
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Fresh air and exercise, improved appetite, fewer medications and happier family visits typify the world’s first “Dementia Village”. See how an inspired nursing home manager took a dreary hospital and turned it into a respect-filled, compassionate community.
Eating More Ketones May Fight Alzheimer’s
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Ketone-rich diets increase the SIRT3 protein that protects neurons from death during the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. But how does it work? Find out more.
Telling L.A.T.E. Dementia & Alzheimer’s Apart
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L.A.T.E.-Dementia is under-recognized, with a health impact as large as Alzheimer’s in very old people. It affects 25% of people over 85 and has nothing to do with the plaques and tangles that cause Alzheimer’s.
Do a Fresh Cholesterol Check to Fight Vascular Dementia
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Cardiovascular events like strokes can trigger vascular dementia.American Heart Association cholesterol guidelines can significantly reduce cardiovascular events. Is it time to take a fresh look at your cholesterol?
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