Europe originally said Lecanemab (Brand-name Leqembi) was too risky to approve. Now they are recommending marketing it. Why the change of heart?
In the most difficult moments, Kindness heals and reassures.
HOME DESIGN: Use this safety checklist for living at home with dementia. It can alert you to potential hazards.
VIDEO & ARTICLE: Mom is 95 with short term memory dementia. She’s in great spirits but I really can’t teach her anything technical, like dialing a phone. So I tried setting Amazon’s ECHO-SHOW next to her rocking chair.
Teepa Snow shows the audience how to approach and communicate with someone who has dementia.
Japanese researchers develop a simple test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s quickly, easily, with 83% accuracy.
THE TODAY SHOW takes a look at Julianne Moore’s performance as Alice, a Harvard professor diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The movie earned her a Golden Globe nomination.
We make a living by what we get, but We make a life by what we give. (Click for more inspirational Posters & Cards)
November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. Share this to show your support.
15 TIPS on how to limit wandering and prevent a person with dementia from becoming lost. (60% of people with dementia will wander off at some point.)
Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s is demanding enough. Now, instead of traveling for hours of infusions, families can turn to Leqembi IQLIK—a once-weekly injection approved by the FDA that makes treatment simpler, safer, and closer to home.
Once a week, a chorus of people with Alzheimer’s rehearse side-by-side with their caregivers. The songs they sing are, remarkably, often from memory. Watch “The Giving Voice Chorus” in action.
It is one of the most beautiful Compensations of this life thatNo man can sincerely try to help anotherWithout helping himself.
What are the early symptoms of Alzheimer’s? When to get a professional evaluation.
SHORT-TERM MEMORY lapses are obvious signs of Alzheimer’s, but other tell-tale signals begin to show much earlier. Learn how to look for semantic impairments, such as simple questions about size.
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?
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