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How to Long-Distance Caregive

June 10, 2024 No Comments

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Long-distance dementia-caregiving has unique stresses. Learn what to do and how to help. Get free booklets on coping and succeeding.

Scammability – Dementia’s Newest Warning Sign

June 8, 2024 1 Comment

ELDER ABUSE (VIDEO + ARTICLE): Scammability, or ease of getting scammed, is a warning sign for dementia. Caused by loss of social judgement, it occurs before thinking or memory problems.

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Don’t Be the 1 of 3 Who Didn’t Dial 911

June 4, 2024 No Comments

Vascular dementia has struck a million Americans. It’s often caused by a stroke. Learn how easy it is to prevent a stroke when you know the signs and quickly call 911.

Amazonian Groups Are Virtually Alzheimer’s-Free

June 3, 2024 No Comments

VIDEO + ARTICLE: The world’s lowest rates of dementia are found in Amazonian indigenous groups. Now there’s more evidence their lifestyles may hold clues to preventing Alzheimer’s. Learn more.

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8 Ways Caregivers Care for Themselves

May 28, 2024 14 Comments

TIPS, INFO + FREE HANDBOOK:
Caring for dementia can cause caregiver burnout, endangering both patient & caregiver. Learn 8 ways to prevent it and better care for yourself. Get a free NIH Caregiver Handbook (104 pages).

Selfie-Video Fights Off Vascular Dementia

May 27, 2024 2 Comments

LIFE-SAVING VIDEO:

Catching a stroke quickly can avoid vascular dementia. See how one smart lady, with one smartphone, shot the video that saved her brain.

Women & Memory

May 24, 2024 No Comments

Women have long claimed that they can remember things better – and longer – than men. An important study sheds light on the matter. Learn how women’s memory performs at various stages of life.

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5 Tips to Improve Sleep

May 22, 2024 No Comments

The alzheimersweekly.com Sleep Library has articles and videos to lower Alzheimer’s risk via better sleep habits. Check out these 5 tips to sleep better.

Teaching Dancing for Dementia

May 20, 2024 No Comments

Video: Learn how to use dance effectively in dementia. See how “Bolton Dementia’s Trinity Trotters” evolved their version of dance exercises.

Chocolate and the Fight Against Vascular Dementia

May 19, 2024 No Comments

VIDEO + TRANSCRIPT: Cocoa’s flavanol phytonutrients, without sugar & fat, improve arterial function. They fight strokes and atherosclerosis, triggers of vascular dementia. So, is chocolate healthy? See Dr. Gregger tease out the research.

The Alzheimer’s Garden

September 4, 2025

This isn’t any ordinary garden! It’s home to a very special group of people living well with Alzheimer’s.

Designing Homes for Extra Care

September 4, 2025

The Housing Learning and Improvement Network looks at the design process and philosophy behind creating a successful Extra Care scheme.

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3-Minute ‘Fastball’ Alzheimer’s Test Could Speed Access to Leqembi

September 3, 2025

Access to Leqembi, the new Alzheimer’s drug, has been slowed by lengthy diagnoses. The “Fastball” brainwave test could change that — detecting memory decline earlier and speeding access to treatment.