
Joyful Holidays Despite Dementia
VIDEO & ARTICLE – CARE TIPS:
This season is filled with family and friends, laughter and reminiscing. Learn ways to prevent dementia’s stress, frustration, and loneliness. Fill the holiday with joy.

VIDEO & ARTICLE – CARE TIPS:
This season is filled with family and friends, laughter and reminiscing. Learn ways to prevent dementia’s stress, frustration, and loneliness. Fill the holiday with joy.

A simple voice-based AI companion is offering gentle conversation and emotional support for people living with Alzheimer’s and dementia — no apps, no screens, and no tech skills required.

A twice-daily pill called ALZ-801 brings new hope to high-genetic-risk Alzheimer’s. Early findings suggest meaningful slowing of decline, stronger safety, and brain structure protection.

New research from the Framingham Heart Study shows that even mild hearing loss in midlife is linked to early signs of brain aging. The encouraging news: simple steps you take now may help protect memory, thinking skills, and long-term brain health.

The real lessons in lifeAre not found in the victory,But in the struggle. (See Amazon Merch)

FUNNY VIDEO – HAPPY THANKSGIVING: Mary Maxwell, a diminutive “little old lady,” shines a very funny light on the foibles of aging, to the delight of an audience filled with senior-care experts.

A simple, must-know legal checklist to help families stay protected, prepared, and supported when Alzheimer’s becomes part of life.

A cozy pub inside a nursing home is doing something remarkable — helping residents with dementia reconnect, open up, and feel like themselves again. Here are 10 ways this surprising space is changing daily life.

A MAJOR NEW STUDY suggests regularly listening to or playing music cuts dementia risk by up to 39%. Here’s the research — and how to use music to bring calm, connection, and cognitive support into everyday care.

A new study suggests a simple nutrient — arginine — may reduce amyloid-β buildup in Alzheimer’s. The findings, from animal studies, raise an encouraging question: could arginine eventually play a role in Alzheimer’s prevention? Here’s what the research shows — and what caregivers should know.

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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