DEMENTIA & HOLIDAY PLANS: Relatives with dementia may be frail or have special emotional, mental and physical health needs. Check out these ways to help them enjoy the holiday season.
DIAGNOSIS VIDEO: Recognize the 10 early signs of dementia. Watch this engaging, clear presentation by Dementia Care Trainer Teepa Snow.
DEMENTIA TEST + INSTRUCTIONS:
The RUDAS Dementia Test is brief, effective and free. It works well for most people. (It performs even better than other quick tests for people with cultural barriers, low education levels, or when English is not one’s first language.)
BETTER MOOD: In dementia, the brain loses abilities. This changes personality and behavior. Use this tip sheet’s suggestions to better understand, cope and manage the changes.
Easy golfing is great for people with dementia. It offers opportunities to socialize and be active, without memory or athletic constraints. See how one club integrated golf into the routine of a family living with dementia. Learn about an easy-to-set-up indoor/outdoor home golfing kit.
HOLIDAYS & DEMENTIA: Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness. People with Alzheimer’s need a special touch. See four dementia tips.
FUNNY VIDEO – HAPPY THANKSGIVING: Mary Maxwell, a diminutive “little old lady,” shines a very funny light on the foibles of aging, to the delight of an audience filled with senior-care experts.
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.
HOLIDAY TIPS: Getting together for a holiday meal can cause a person with Alzheimer’s confusion and anxiety. Get 10 tips to make the holiday more easy and pleasurable.
Stanford Medicine’s new analysis of a vaccination program found shingles vaccines appear to lower dementia diagnoses by 20% — more than any other known intervention.
The big Alzheimer’s culprits are Amyloid and Tau. Biogen made Leqembi to treat amyloid. Now, they are betting on BIIB080 to treat tau. Learn how this exciting new treatment just got FDA Fast Track Designation.
Interestingly, loving care does not require twice the time. But it does require twice the presence.
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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