
When Alzheimer’s Disrupts a Marriage
CBS VIDEO + ARTICLE: Get new insights from a study on marital communication in dementia. See Allan on how his fairytale marriage has weathered his
CBS VIDEO + ARTICLE: Get new insights from a study on marital communication in dementia. See Allan on how his fairytale marriage has weathered his
UPLIFTING VIDEO: Canada’s Peel Region took a big risk, with a plan to transform its long-term dementia-care home, hoping that residents – and staff –
UP & DOWN: Attention, alertness and cognition have dramatic fluctuations in Lewy Body dementia. Caregivers call these ups and downs “The Roller-Coaster of LBD.” Learn
DEMENTIA CARE VIDEO: Dementia care expert Teepa Snow discusses strategies caregivers can use to help their loved ones. Watch now.
Fresh air and exercise, improved appetite, fewer medications and happier family visits typify the world’s first “Dementia Village”. See how an inspired nursing home manager took a dreary hospital and turned it into a respect-filled, compassionate community.
The majority of nursing homes in California have not reached full compliance with a statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate for staff at long-term care facilities, and
DIAGNOSIS: Worried about minor memory changes? The British Medical Journal revealed how unnecessary tests led to a 23% over-diagnosis rate. Learn the risks, harms &
DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT: FOUR NEW Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers have been added to the existing network of 31 centers around the United States. Read on
California ordered nursing home operators to admit patients with the coronavirus. But that was just the tip of the iceberg: many states issued similar orders,
SWEET VIDEO: Self-isolating with someone who has Alzheimer’s can be hard. See the wonderful thing Tommy is doing with his Nan.
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Thoughtful Dementia Care is today’s best book on understanding the dementia experience. An easy-to-read, sensitive portrayal of managing the world of dementia.
Don Hayen is a retired doctor, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at 71. But that diagnosis took way too long. Find out how his “cognitive reserve” fooled his doctors. See why he sure wished it hadn’t.
There is more to us than our brains and our bodies, says dementia expert Teepa Snow. “There’s more to us than that … When we’re together, we become more.” Watch now.
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?
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?
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!
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