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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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Anyone can give up,
It’s the easiest thing in the world to do.
But to hold it together
When everyone else would understand
If you fell apart,
That’s true strength.
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Alzheimer’s & Dementia Weekly was inspired by my mother’s journey with autoimmune dementia and my dad’s with Parkinson’s dementia.
Walking beside them opened my eyes to the confusion, the courage, and the deep humanity found in families and professionals caring for someone they love.
Since its debut in 2007, this site has had one clear mission:
to separate the wheat from the chaff — to highlight only the most essential articles, studies, tools, and videos from the overwhelming river of dementia-related information.
(At last count, Google receives a new post on Alzheimer’s or dementia every seven minutes.) For anyone seeking clarity or support, that constant flow can be exhausting and discouraging.
Alzheimer’s Weekly filters, translates, and explains what matters most, helping hundreds of thousands of families, clinicians, and care teams around the world make sense of the latest research and best practices.
This site is dedicated to everyone who works—often quietly and tirelessly—to preserve dignity in the community of people living with dementia.
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 both families and professionals providing care.
My goal is simple:
Translate the best science into guidance that lightens the load, strengthens understanding, and helps every person with dementia live with dignity.
Peter Berger
Editor, Alzheimer’s Weekly
There are several good points in this video, but I am distressed to see the return of the use of reality orientation. This man accepted his daughter's report that this is home, but how many times do people not accept this report? Isn't it better to determine where he thinks "home" is first, rather than foisting the caregiver's perception onto the person with A.D.? I can't help but think that Naomi Feil would be very sad seeing this video.
My mom wandered no matter what. Waited til 2 or 3am. Packed a bag and headed out a fully locked door. Caught her the 2nd time but not the 1st. Always with the answer she was going home (even though she was at her home of 60+ years). She's finally home now.
Best think we ever did for my Dads safety was install dead bolts that require a key from the inside. We keep a key on a laynard around our neck. Before doing this he escaped several times and would fall and get hurt
WTF
This is imprisonment. Everyone has a right to leave their home if they want to regardless of what condition they may be living with. Find something more caring & stop depriving them of their liberty. ��
That reply is clearly written by someone who has never experience their loved one wandering off and being lost for hours at a time. Get real and stop putting your unwanted opinion where ever you want it. Depriving them of their liberty? LOL. Maybe you should let your 5 yr old go play outside unsupervised?? But this is about senior care… go visit a family who has a member with dementia. Walk in their shoes for just one day. I dare you… You are clueless.
My late Hubby was only permitted to go out escorted as he was a suicide risk.
He was sectioned but absconed from a " secure unit "
Everyone is different my Hubby had Young Onset and was still very fit so he walked nearly 5 miles before collapsing.
He was safer at home.
So glad my daughter has my back.
Though she used a very calm voice, reality orientation has no business in Dementia Care. I thought you guys from UCLA know that.
Both reality orientation (truth) or validation (going along with their version of events) have a place – it depends on the person and situation and achieving an outcome of least distress. Saying a person with dementia has no ability to appreciate reality orientation is discarding them as being incapable of being treated as a capable unique human and limiting the tools available to them. People with narrow fixed views have no place in Dementia Care. Everyone knows that.
Practical advice.
I'm really happy that you posted this video about how to keep those we love safe. My grandpa has dementia. Every now and then, he will wander outdoors. It can get scary sometimes! Maybe these tips will help us as we try to keep him indoors with us. http://www.comforcare.com/arizona/scottsdale