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The Three E’s of Managing Sundowning
Environment, Empathy and Engagement improve sundowning, or sundowners syndrome, in dementia and Alzheimer's. Explore effective strategies to comfort and support your loved ones symptoms. (Video)
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Peter Berger
With experience in dementia caregiving, public education, and Alzheimer’s-focused writing—and a professional research background shaped in what many consider one of the world’s top laboratories—I work to make complex findings clear, practical, and genuinely helpful for families and professionals providing care.
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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.
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I love the name of your startup. I have a core group of girlfriends we call ourselves the YaYa’s after the YaYa Sisterhood. My grandkids also call me YaYa. I believe it means grandmother in Greek. Anyway, rock on with this platform. Only good things can come of it due to it’s name.