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Alzheimer's And Dementia Weekly

Support & Insight for the Autumn of Life

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Sometimes They Can & Sometimes They Can’t

October 7, 2016 No Comments

What is Dementia?It’s a chemical AND structural change in the brain.So… sometimes they can & sometimes they can’t.

Thought of the Week: How Far You Go

March 15, 2015 No Comments

How far you go in life depends on your being Tender with the young, Compassionate with the aged, Sympathetic with the striving and Tolerant of

I Promise You Forever, You Will Never Leave My Mind

October 2, 2025

“Damn this old dementia, for robbing me of time, But I promise you forever, you will never leave my mind.”

5 Tips to Ease Sundowning in Dementia

September 30, 2025

VIDEO ON SUNDOWNING: See UCLA’s Dementia Care Program deal with end-of-day agitation and irritability, known as “Sundowning”. A caregiver asks, “My loved one’s behavior tends to get worse when the sun starts to go down. He appears exhausted and restless. What can I do to get him through this time of the day?”

The miracle is this: The more we share, The more we have.

Thought of the Week: Miracle

September 29, 2025

The miracle is this:The more we share,The more we have.

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Big Cup, Little Man: Picking Up the Earliest Signs of Alzheimer’s

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85 with Dementia? Good Chance It’s HS-AGING, Not Alzheimer’s

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A Grandchild for One Day Keeps Dementia Away

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?