Early-evening restlessness and agitation, known as ‘sundowning’, is common in Alzheimer’s. So is fragmented sleep. A major discovery indicates these symptoms are curable.
AGITATION & ANXIETY IN ALZHEIMER’S: Get these tips for coping with “sundowning”. (Sundowning is restlessness or agitation in the late afternoon or early evening in
FASCINATING VIDEO + ARTICLE: Learn how people with Alzheimer’s have better cognition skills in the late summer and early fall. Find out how seasonality affects
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Here’s a short, easy-to-read primer on caring for and talking with difficult people who have dementia. It is written by the
Be Kind,For everyone you meet,Is fighting a hard battle.
IMAGINE THIS: Instead of going to an infusion center for treatment, you can switch to a weekly injection at home. That’s now a reality for many Alzheimer’s patients.
“WHAT TIME IS IT?” Repetitive questions from dementia trigger frustration and anxiety in caregiver and patient. At a loss as to how to deal with it? Check out these UCLA Health tips.
What are the early symptoms of Alzheimer’s? When to get a professional evaluation.
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?
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