

A kind word is like a spring day.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. (Mark Twain)

Michael J. Fox: “One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless surrendered.”

“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” (Abraham Lincoln)

She is brave and strong and broken all at once.

There are two ways of spreading light. To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it. (Click to get this on T-shirts, cards, magnets,

There is much in the world to make us afraid. There is much more in our faith to make us unafraid. (Fredrick W. Cropp)

Kindness is more than deeds.
It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch.
It is anything that lifts another person.

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We don’t know how strong we are,
until being strong is the only choice we have.
(Alzheimer’s Awareness)

Teepa shows how to make the most from the ability to communicate with dementia. Watch now.

HEALTH VIDEO (TED TALK): What keeps brains healthy and minds happy? Dr. Robert Waldinger is directing a rare study, in its 75th year, to find out. Watch him share 3 lessons learned. See good science verify practical wisdom on healthy living.

PREVENTION VIDEOS: Learn secrets to grow old gracefully, with little dementia, from centenarians on the Greek island of Ikaria.

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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