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New Alzheimer’s Activity: Art Spark Workshop

April 9, 2024 No Comments

A new workshop at the Flint Institute of Arts is making waves in the Alzheimer’s and dementia community.

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Today’s Brains are 6% Larger with 20% Less Dementia

April 7, 2024 No Comments

A long, long time ago (1930), brains were smaller. Are today’s bigger brains connected to improvements in rates of dementia?

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Thought of the Week – Kindness Lifts

April 7, 2024 No Comments

Kindness is more than deeds.
It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch.
It is anything that lifts another person.

Where’ve You Been?

April 4, 2024 19 Comments

When Kathy Mattea first sang, “Where’ve You Been”, she wondered to herself, “Do people want to hear this on the way to work?”

Fish Oil & Improvements in Cognitive Decline & Brain Shrinkage

April 2, 2024 4 Comments

DIET & NUTRITION: ADNI (Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative) is a massive research project. ADNI showed fish oil supplements offer improvements in cognitive decline and brain atrophy. Learn how.

Walking and wheelchairing for Alzheimer's

Nobody Ever Told Me! 14 Lessons from a Dementia Caregiver

March 31, 2024 2 Comments

During our dementia journey, I made lots of mistakes. I learned many lessons including these 14. Perhaps they can help you.

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Saving Women from Strokes

March 28, 2024 No Comments

VIDEOS + ARTICLE: Women are dangerously under-educated on female stroke risk. “Women do not think they are going to have a stroke. They think of it as a man’s disease,” said Dr. Greene-Chandos. Yet millions of women have strokes, often leading to vascular dementia. Learn what to look for and how to take action.

A Dementia Haven in Thailand

March 26, 2024 No Comments

At Thailand’s Vivo Bene Dementia Resort, pampering is the priority. This special report for 60 MINUTES asks, why can’t there be facilities like Vivo Bene in Australia?

Alzheimer's patient receiving Trontinemab

Trontinemab Speedily Clears Alzheimer’s Plaque

March 25, 2024 2 Comments

Trontinemab is a very exciting experimental drug, showing great promise in rapidly clearing Alzheimer’s amyloid plaques from the brains of affected individuals, with remarkably little side effects.

10 Types of Dementia

March 25, 2024 13 Comments

DEMENTIA is a group of symptoms common to over 50 disorders. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia. Learn about the 10 most common types of dementia.

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If You’re Worried You Have Alzheimer’s, You Probably Don’t

August 8, 2025

FORGOT where you put those keys again? Worried about it? The good news is, though you may have a problem, it’s probably not Alzheimer’s. A real warning sign of Alzheimer’s is “anosognosia”. That’s when you forget and are not aware of it, while other people are. Learn more about what causes memory problems and how to better understand what you see.

Handling Hallucinations in Alzheimer’s Dementia

August 6, 2025

A person with dementia can experience hallucinations when the regions of the brain responsible for interpreting sights and sounds are affected. Here are ways to deal with it.

Care Tip – Stop Correcting Them

August 5, 2025

Teresa Youngstrom is a registered nurse. She offers a quick tip for caregivers, friends and family when visiting or living with someone with dementia to help smooth the way. Watch now.

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Learn about ‘personalized music for dementia’ and its powerful effect on Alzheimer’s. See the Director of the hit film, ‘Alive Inside’, on the dementia-impact of music.

Art Gives Fun and Meaning To Alzheimer’s Patients

The brush strokes are precise, the colors vibrant. See a Colorado art program help patients rise above dementia, while the paintings raise money for The Alzheimer’s Association.

How Physical Activity Turns Back the Brain’s Clock

The protein BDNF builds synapses in the human brain, nurturing brain cells and fighting off dementia. While there is no artificial way of boosting it, social and cognitive activity can.

Poor Memory + Slow Walking = Dementia?

People may not have easy access to sophisticated, expensive dementia tests. A simple test from Einstein Medicine uses a stopwatch and a few questions to determine one’s risk of dementia. The potential payoff could be tremendous for individuals, their families and society.