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How to Long-Distance Caregive

June 10, 2024 No Comments

FREE BOOKLETS & CARE TIPS:

Long-distance dementia-caregiving has unique stresses. Learn what to do and how to help. Get free booklets on coping and succeeding.

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Don’t Be the 1 of 3 Who Didn’t Dial 911

June 4, 2024 No Comments

Vascular dementia has struck a million Americans. It’s often caused by a stroke. Learn how easy it is to prevent a stroke when you know the signs and quickly call 911.

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8 Ways Caregivers Care for Themselves

May 28, 2024 14 Comments

TIPS, INFO + FREE HANDBOOK:
Caring for dementia can cause caregiver burnout, endangering both patient & caregiver. Learn 8 ways to prevent it and better care for yourself. Get a free NIH Caregiver Handbook (104 pages).

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6 Ways Dementia Caregivers Can Feel Less Guilty

May 8, 2024 11 Comments

VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT: Caregiving is loving, yet frustrations can trigger guilt. See Dr. Peter Rabins, author of the #1 dementia book “The 36 Hour Day,” share healthy ways to heal caregiver guilt.

The Three E’s of Managing Sundowning

May 6, 2024 1 Comment

Environment, Empathy and Engagement improve sundowning, or sundowners syndrome, in dementia and Alzheimer’s. Explore effective strategies to comfort and support your loved ones symptoms.

Enjoying a Mothers’ Day Meal: 7 Dementia Tips

May 3, 2024 2 Comments

Mothers’ Day in the USA is May 12. Going out? Preparing a meal at home? Keep these tips in mind when hosting Mom with Alzheimer’s.

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20 Home Safety Tips for Alzheimer’s

April 28, 2024 1 Comment

20 TIPS + NIH HOME SAFETY CHECKLIST FOR ALZHEIMER’S:
Here are 20 ways to make your home a safer place for a loved one with dementia.

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Alzheimer’s Reconnects Through Art, Music, Film & Poetry

April 26, 2024 No Comments

BOOK OF THE WEEK – VIDEO: “I’m Still Here” shows Dr. John Zeisel’s highly effective non-drug Alzheimer’s treatments . Therapy starts with the Arts, expanding to a spectrum of activities. See it break through the barriers of Alzheimer’s.

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Exploring Lewy Body Dementia

April 10, 2024 1 Comment

VIDEO + ARTICLE: Lewy Body dementia is frequently mistaken for Alzheimer’s. That’s dangerous, as Lewy Body dementia requires different medications and unique caregiving techniques. Explore this common type of dementia.

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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.

Veronica

August 10, 2025

Superstar Elvis Costello sings about his grandmother’s Alzheimer’s and the tapestry of her full, rich life. Co-authored with Paul McCartney, it reached #1 on Billboard.

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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.

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Big Cup, Little Man: Picking Up the Earliest Signs of Alzheimer’s

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.

85 with Dementia? Good Chance It’s HS-AGING, Not Alzheimer’s

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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A Grandchild for One Day Keeps Dementia Away

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?