
Dementia-Safe Bedrooms
HOME DESIGN: Use this safety checklist for living at home with dementia. It can alert you to potential hazards.

HOME DESIGN: Use this safety checklist for living at home with dementia. It can alert you to potential hazards.

THE TODAY SHOW takes a look at Julianne Moore’s performance as Alice, a Harvard professor diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The movie earned her a Golden Globe nomination.

15 TIPS on how to limit wandering and prevent a person with dementia from becoming lost. (60% of people with dementia will wander off at some point.)

MUSIC: Famously known as the Songaminute Man, Ted is living with dementia, even as he enjoys singing on. Watch this wonderful sampling of his songs, along with a one-of-a-kind interview on BBC’s “The One Show”.

VIDEO: President Ronald Reagan’s family raised the bar of Alzheimer’s awareness. Watch Nancy Reagan talk about it to the Republican National Convention. See Democratic President Obama with Nancy, describing her impact on the fight to end Alzheimer’s.

MUSIC VIDEO: Super Bowl Champ Ben Utecht got CTE Dementia at the age of 29. See his song and read how he asks Congress to tackle dementia.

There are over 80 types of dementia besides Alzheimer’s. Teepa Snow, dementia expert, explains why knowing the right type is so important and why so few people with dementia really do.

TRIP TIPS: Taking a loved one with Alzheimer’s on a trip is a challenge. Traveling can make them worried and confused. Think ahead. Here are some tips to help.

DIAGNOSIS VIDEO + ARTICLE:
Problems with memory or thinking? Check out this simple, written exam from Ohio State University Medical Center. Find out what made this outstanding test go viral.

Print this free 10-page booklet. Brookdale Care Programs offers helpful hints, practical suggestions, checklists and tables to ease your journey as dementia-care-partners.

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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