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Alzheimer's And Dementia Weekly

Support & Insight for the Autumn of Life

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Teaching Dancing for Dementia

May 20, 2024 No Comments

Video: Learn how to use dance effectively in dementia. See how “Bolton Dementia’s Trinity Trotters” evolved their version of dance exercises.

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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.

Teepa Snow shows how to use hand-under-hand

Help Someone with Dementia Sit Down

March 6, 2024 2 Comments

Teepa Snow: EMERGENCIES FROM FALLS increase 54% in dementia. Many happen while trying to sit down. Falls injure 1-in-3 seniors. See how to help them sit down safely.

10 Ways to Use the Power of Photos for Dementia Care

February 6, 2024 4 Comments

Learn to use photos and photo albums as a fantastic dementia activity. See how they easily reduce social isolation and depression, providing comfort to people with dementia.

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A Grandchild for One Day Keeps Dementia Away

December 25, 2023 9 Comments

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?

The 5th Dementia – A Musical Movie

October 31, 2023 No Comments

FULL MOVIE: “The 5th Dementia” is a diverse music band of people with dementia. When the music starts, they are transformed, diving in with no sheet music. Watch powerfully personal stories reveal this inexplicable phenomena.

Person with Alzheimer's in a Virtual Forest

Virtual Forest Project Calms & Connects in Dementia

October 30, 2023 No Comments

See how The Virtual Forest Project lifts people with dementia.

Graffiti Helps Alzheimer’s Patients Rediscover Identity

October 21, 2023 No Comments

Damon McLeese is teaching Alzheimer’s patients to leverage their power to forget, by forgetting to “stay within the lines,” using graffiti. See Damon tell the heartwarming story of his latest collaboration.

Virtual Reality Revolutionizing Dementia Care

October 1, 2023 1 Comment

M.I.T.’s Rendever takes dementia residents like Miriam Keith back to wonderful places no longer accessible to them.

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Is Sitting Bad for the Brain? Maybe Not.

September 24, 2023 2 Comments

Is keeping seated and sedentary, while intellectually stimulated, part of the best way to care for your brain?

Telling L.A.T.E. Dementia & Alzheimer’s Apart

August 20, 2025

L.A.T.E.-Dementia is under-recognized, with a health impact as large as Alzheimer’s in very old people. It affects 25% of people over 85 and has nothing to do with the plaques and tangles that cause Alzheimer’s.

Sleep Works Around Alzheimer’s

August 19, 2025

At Washington University, extra sleep reinforced connections between brain cells that encode memories. Past studies linked extra sleep to boosting memory. This study links extra sleep to the repair of damaged memory systems.

Dementia researcher looking into microscope

What is Vascular Dementia?

August 18, 2025

Vascular dementia is one of the 3 leading causes of dementia. When it appears together with Alzheimer’s, as it often does, it is called “Mixed dementia”. Learn what causes it and how to identify different types.