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.
Microsoft Research’s SenseCam aids memory by recording a patient’s life in photos. Subsequent review of images by a patient diagnosed with severe memory impairment was extremely positive; periodic review of images resulted in significant recall of those events.
UPLIFTING AND IDEA-FILLED VIDEO: In picturesque Arnsberg, townsfolk are finding ways to make living with dementia as normal as possible.
Where words fail, music speaks. See how music can be a very powerful vehicle for communication in the various stages of dementia.
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!
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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