ETHICS VIDEO: 3 professors at the prestigious Stanford University Center for Ethics in Society share differing thoughts on respecting the autonomy of people with dementia,
MOODINESS: As Alzheimer’s progresses, people may become more agitated or aggressive. Check out 9 tips for handling it.
MEDICATION & TREATMENT VIDEO: Agitation is one of the most common symptoms of Alzheimer’s. See why citalopram may be effective in alleviating Alzheimer’s agitation and
MEDICATION & MOOD: Aggression and agitation are hard challenges in dementia. An important study may offer some simple answers.
DRUGS: 100 care facilities saw a significant drop in antipsychotics for dementia when staff were trained to focus on “treating the residents as human beings
BOOK OF THE WEEK: In Kisses for Elizabeth, the author breaks down different behaviors and lets you know how to react when a person with
Age does not protect you from love, but love to some extent protects you from age.
How can siblings avoid conflict while caring for aging parents? This Resource Guide can help.
New Test Provides Less Invasive Option, Reduces Reliance on PET Scans and Increases Diagnosis Accessibility
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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