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12 Top Dementia Care Tips

February 17, 2025 2 Comments

Check out these top 12 care tips to assist people with dementia. Great for family, friends and professionals!

Atria: 4 Ways to Adjust to Assisted Living

January 29, 2025 No Comments

Moving a parent into an assisted living community requires patience, understanding and compassion. Ease this life change for your family member. These four tips can help make the transition easier for all.

How to Give Person-Centered Dementia Care

January 26, 2025 No Comments

What is person-centred dementia-care? See how professional and family caregivers should apply it daily, when caring for people living with dementia.

Approaching People with Alzheimer’s

January 20, 2025 No Comments

Watch Teepa show ways of approaching people with Alzheimer’s. Teepa is the best of all the recognized experts on caring for dementia patients.

Memory Box for Dementia

January 17, 2025 7 Comments

FILL A MEMORY BOX with photos and memorabilia of a person with dementia, then position it by their door. See it re-orient them, trigger conversations, make a doorway one’s own, and mostly, stimulate memories of good times.

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Daily Video Message Orients & Reassures Dementia Residents

January 15, 2025 9 Comments

TECH VIDEO: See how video messages break through Alzheimer’s morning fog. Learn why they perk up people with dementia. Watch this pilot program in action.

Teepa Snow speaking about caregiver stress

How to Ease the Stress of Dementia Care

January 9, 2025 5 Comments

TEEPA VIDEO: THE STRESS of dementia on caregivers is unique. See Teepa Snow shine her special light on what to do about the stress.

Agitation and Anxiety in Alzheimer’s

January 6, 2025 No Comments

UCLA CAREGIVER TRAINING VIDEO: Agitation and anxiety create resistance in people with Alzheimer’s and frustration for their caregivers. Learn techniques to solve and resolve these difficult moments.

Dementia Alert: Alzheimer’s a Cold-Weather Danger

January 2, 2025 2 Comments

WEATHER ALERT – 9 WAYS TO STAY SAFE WITH DEMENTIA: People can lose body heat fast. That’s called hypothermia. Big chills and Alzheimer’s are a dangerous combination. Learn 9 ways to stay safe in cold weather.

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Visiting People with Dementia on Holidays

December 3, 2024 3 Comments

HOLIDAY TIPS: Celebrating at home or planning a visit? These important dementia-care tips can help make your holiday season the best possible.

Beware of Common Anticholinergic Drugs

August 11, 2026

MEMORY & THINKING are activated by acetyl-choline. Alzheimer’s drugs boost acetyl-choline. Other medications, from allergy to insomnia drugs, may be anti-cholinergic, lowering acetyl-choline. This can spell trouble in dementia. Learn which drugs to avoid and what to look out for.

Formation of Beta-amyloid plaque in Alzheimer's

New Alzheimer’s Suspect: Amyloid-ETA, Cousin to Amyloid-Beta

August 10, 2026

New Alzheimer’s drugs clear brain plaque made of amyloid-beta. 9 years ago, researchers discovered another Alzheimer’s culprit called amyloid-ETA. Now, they’ve possibly figured out how it works. Learn how balancing these two suspects may hold the key to success in current clinical trials.

Concussion: What Happens, How to Prevent Dementia

August 9, 2026

AS PROFESSIONAL sports teams battle concussion-dementia lawsuits, research confirms damage to the brain can persist decades after head trauma. Learn why and what to do.

Most Popular Stories

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?

“I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” By Dad with Dementia & Son

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!

Is Alzheimer’s Catchy?

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.