VIDEO: Memory facility residents are learning how country music legend Glen Campbell is living with Alzheimer’s disease.
VIDEO + ARTICLE: A new epilepsy drug could be used to treat Alzheimer’s patients. Find out about this new experimental approach.
MUSIC VIDEO: Watch “Formidable Rosette”, a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother dancing to forget dementia.
The American Geriatrics Society updated recommendations for doctors treating people with dementia. These include adjusting prescriptions of Alzheimer’s drugs if the desired effect is not
150 Alzheimer’s clinical trials are looking for volunteers in the USA. They are trying out the newest drugs and therapies on 70,000 people with various
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
VIDEO: “This is really a matter of choosing to invest in Alzheimer’s research now, or choosing to pay-up in a big way later on. Clearly,
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK VIDEO & ARTICLE: One press of Lively’s orange button gets help from friends, family or 911. The new waterproof watch for
VIDEO: World-famous singer Glenn Campbell is living with Alzheimer’s at a memory support facility in Nashville. See Kim Campbell discuss her family’s team effort to
MEDICINE VIDEO: Will pharmacies run out of Namenda-IR® for Alzheimer’s? Namenda’s manufacturer is appealing for their right to pull it from pharmacy shelves. This would
PROTECTING OUR ELDERS: Many people with dementia are victims of elder abuse. Abuse happens at home and in assisted living facilities or nursing homes. Learn the signs. Find out how to help.
VIDEO STORY:
This elegant film-short beautifully portrays love’s endurance despite Alzheimer’s.
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.
TEEPA CARE VIDEO: Learn about Alzheimer’s 6 stages. Teepa Snow shows what to expect, while keeping the focus on the person for whom you care.
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