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Alzheimer's And Dementia Weekly

Support & Insight for the Autumn of Life

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Martin Luther King: "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?"

A Thought on Martin Luther King Day

January 16, 2025 No Comments

This week in the USA: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Alzheimer's: So many memories stolen, so many hearts broken. We need a cure!

Alzheimer’s… We need a cure.

January 9, 2025 3 Comments

Alzheimer’s… So many memories stolen, So many hearts broken… We need a cure. Share this photo to show your support.

All I want is for you to forever remember me as loving you.

Thought of the Week: Loving You

January 5, 2025 2 Comments

All I want is for youTo forever remember me as loving you. …Click for Pillow, T-shirts, Cards…

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed on a weary world. (William Shakespeare)

Thought of the Week: That Little Candle

December 30, 2024 No Comments

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed on a weary world. William Shakespeare

Thought of the Week: Every True Person

December 23, 2024 No Comments

There is in every true person’s heart a spark of heavenly fire Which kindles up, beams and blazes, In the dark hour of adversity.

You can do anything, but not everything.

Care-Tip 10: Anything & Everything

December 16, 2024 1 Comment

You can do anything, but not everything.

Remember: THe dementia patient is not giving you a hard time. They are HAVING a hard time.

Perspectives in Dementia

December 10, 2024 1 Comment

Remember: The dementia patient is not giving you a hard time. The dementia patient is having a hard time.

Thought of the Week: Difficult Moments

November 26, 2024 1 Comment

In the most difficult moments, Kindness heals and reassures.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. (Winston Churchill)

Thought of the Week: Make a Life

November 19, 2024 1 Comment

We make a living by what we get, but We make a life by what we give. (Click for more inspirational Posters & Cards)

Thought: November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

November 18, 2024 No Comments

November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. Share this to show your support.

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.

UCL Scientists Ed Wild and Sarah Tabrizi

Gene Therapy Slows Huntington’s Progression 75% — Including Dementia

September 28, 2025

For the first time, a one-time treatment has shown the ability to slow Huntington’s decline — including dementia symptoms — over three years.

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How Do You Know If Someone Has Alzheimer’s?

What are the early symptoms of Alzheimer’s? When to get a professional evaluation.

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

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.

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

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?

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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?