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This site was inspired by my Mom’s autoimmune dementia.
It is a place where we separate out the wheat from the chafe, the important articles & videos from each week’s river of news. Google gets a new post on Alzheimer’s or dementia every 7 minutes. That can overwhelm anyone looking for help. This site filters out, focuses on and offers only the best information. it has helped hundreds of thousands of people since it debuted in 2007. Thanks to our many subscribers for your supportive feedback.
The site is dedicated to all those preserving the dignity of the community of people living with dementia.
Peter Berger, Editor
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Alzheimer’s & Dementia Weekly was inspired by my mother’s journey with autoimmune dementia and my dad’s with Parkinson’s dementia.
Walking beside them opened my eyes to the confusion, the courage, and the deep humanity found in families and professionals caring for someone they love.
Since its debut in 2007, this site has had one clear mission:
to separate the wheat from the chaff — to highlight only the most essential articles, studies, tools, and videos from the overwhelming river of dementia-related information.
(At last count, Google receives a new post on Alzheimer’s or dementia every seven minutes.) For anyone seeking clarity or support, that constant flow can be exhausting and discouraging.
Alzheimer’s Weekly filters, translates, and explains what matters most, helping hundreds of thousands of families, clinicians, and care teams around the world make sense of the latest research and best practices.
This site is dedicated to everyone who works—often quietly and tirelessly—to preserve dignity in the community of people living with dementia.
With experience in dementia caregiving, public education, and Alzheimer’s-focused writing—and a professional research background shaped in what many consider one of the world’s top laboratories—I work to make complex findings clear, practical, and genuinely helpful for both families and professionals providing care.
My goal is simple:
Translate the best science into guidance that lightens the load, strengthens understanding, and helps every person with dementia live with dignity.
Peter Berger
Editor, Alzheimer’s Weekly
My daughter was diagnosed with PPA one of the Dementia diseases, meaning "Primary Progressive Aphasia". We searched endlessly looking for answers to her symptoms that had presented. I have learned much since the beginning of this dreadful journey. She was diagnosed at 52, and of course it had been coming on for years it is written but the family had no idea. It is heart breaking as she is losing her cognitive skills like speaking, writing, reasoning, and memory. She now has problems opening doors with keys, using computer and cell phones. She got into an elevator yesterday and forgot to punch floor 3, just stood there. She will turn 55 on Sept 8 and I am trying to get her moved into my apt complex for seniors. I want her to keep as much independence as long as possible but be close to me for observing her mood, abilities. The time will come when she will need someone living with her, I'm afraid that could be approaching and it breaks my heart. I lost my youngest daughter 9 years ago to breast cancer and fought an 8 year battle. She passed at 42. This was horrible and took a toll out on my daughter with the dementia the doctors said. They were very close. I pray for a cure, surely we can beat this and save lives. This daughter was like many, the sharpest knife in the drawer, accomplished, corporate admin asst to the executives until the Dementia showed up on her door step. Please pay attention I am educated that this is in epidemic stage and it could wipe us out. Donate your money for research we, must find the cure, or we are all doomed.
I agree. My husband's third or fourth neurologist stopped at Alzheimer's but it didn't still right with Mr after reading the book, "Still Alive.". This was different. So, moving to the next one who did a DAT scan for dopamine levels could distinguish between Alz and Lewy Body. Different progression, symptoms, treatment, etc. Not that there is a cure but the shame if we had accepted one diagnosis. His quality of life, and mine, alone, never mind life span, etc. could all have been negatively affected. Be your own best advocate!
My mom was not properly diagnosed and because she was 85,no autopsy was performed. She had some many of the LBD symptoms, but the most telling one was that she knew something was wrong. This terrible disease took her August 10, 2016. PLEASE don't just settle for a diagnosis of Alzheimer's.