Designing Rooms for Dementia
FREE BOOK: Dementia design improves the independence of people with dementia. This online book is available at no charge. Learn dozens of clever design tips
FREE BOOK: Dementia design improves the independence of people with dementia. This online book is available at no charge. Learn dozens of clever design tips
DESIGN VIDEO: See how improvements to lighting and color help ease living with dementia at home. Watch these security tips for keeping a loved one
IDEA-FILLED VIDEO: A revolution is here where people living with dementia get the individual heart-felt care they need. See dozens of great ideas from great
LIVING WITH DEMENTIA – VIDEO & ARTICLE: The “First UK” Bus Training Program helps people with dementia travel with confidence. It’s run by one of
HOME IMPROVEMENT & DEMENTIA – VIDEO: See simple changes that create a more dementia-friendly environment at home. Get ideas to help you give people living
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
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 –
TECHNOLOGY VIDEO: Tovertafels awaken and motivate people with dementia. Dutch for “Magic Table”, over 1,600 Tovertafels have been installed in care homes. See how they
HOME DESIGN: Use this safety checklist for living at home with dementia. It can alert you to potential hazards.
LIVING-WITH-DEMENTIA VIDEO: Christine Bryden, Senior Executive to Australia’s Prime Minister & mother of 3, got dementia at 46. She then married, published books & became
Aphasia affects a person’s ability to communicate. It affects language functions, such as speaking, understanding what others say, and naming common objects. Learn its causes, types and a few tips.
Galantamine treats Alzheimer’s. Artificial intelligence and biosensors may pave the way to make this drug faster and cheaper.
There are two ways of spreading light. To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it. (Click to get this on T-shirts, cards, magnets,
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?
If you couldn’t see your mashed potatoes, you probably wouldn’t eat them. That’s why what “The Red Plate Study” found was astonishing! Alzheimer’s patients eating from red plates consumed 25 percent more food than those eating from white plates. Find out why.
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!
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.
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This site was inspired by my Mom’s autoimmune dementia.
It is a place where we separate out the wheat from the chafe, the important articles & videos from each week’s river of news. Google gets a new post on Alzheimer’s or dementia every 7 minutes. That can overwhelm anyone looking for help. This site filters out, focuses on and offers only the best information. it has helped hundreds of thousands of people since it debuted in 2007. Thanks to our many subscribers for your supportive feedback.
The site is dedicated to all those preserving the dignity of the community of people living with dementia.
Peter Berger, Editor