Friday, March 29, 2024

Caring for People Living with Dementia in Community Settings | COVID-19

Older adults and people with serious underlying medical conditions are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19, according to public health and clinical experts.1–2 Among adults with confirmed COVID-19, those aged 65 years...

16 Things I Would Want, If I Get Dementia

Just in case I do get dementia, I've written a list of rules I’d like to live by. When you work in dementia care, people tend to ask you a lot of questions. Probably one...

10 Great Inspirational Alzheimer’s Quotes

I often hear people say that a person suffering from Alzheimer's is not the person they knew. I wonder to myself - Who are they then? ~Bob DeMarco Alzheimer's Quotes Alzheimer's Reading Room Alzheimer's Care, The Power of...

Marijuana Found to Engender Both a Therapeutic or Damaging Effect on the Brain, Depending...

Marijuana is the most used illicit substance in the country; experts anticipate that its use will continue to increase, as the substance...

Iowa State College Students Help to Raise Awareness of Alzheimer’s Disease

Colleges and Universities around the country are working to raise awareness in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease.  One such college is Iowa...

Learning How to Communicate with Someone Living with Alzheimer’s

You start feeling good about yourself and soon the person who has Alzheimer's will start feeling pretty good also. Instead of getting that nasty vibe from you, you will be sending a very different...

Test Question Results May Predict the Risk of Alzheimer’s in High School Students (Part...

A recent Chicago Tribune article reported on the largest survey, ever, involving American teenagers—440,000 to be exact.  The survey was administered back...

How to Survive a Hurricane with an Alzheimer’s Patient

Six of my most important tips for dealing with an Alzheimer's patient during a hurricane.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomI took care of my mom, Dotty, for eight and a half years, 3,112 days. My...

High School Students Show Low Level of Stigma Toward People with Alzheimer’s

When a person is affected by a debilitating disease or condition, it seems as though there is always some type of stigma...

Providing Care and Comfort at the End of Life

Comfort care is an essential part of medical care at the end of life. It is care that helps or soothes a person who is dying. The goals...
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Neuroscientists have established in recent decades the idea that some of each day's experiences are converted by the brain into permanent memories during sleep...

Serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and dementia in a community-dwelling Japanese older population (JPSC-AD)

Study populationThe JPSC-AD Study was a multisite, population-based, prospective, cohort study of dementia involving eight sites in Japan with a pre-specified protocol and standardized...

Eggs may not be bad for your heart after all

Whether you like your eggs sunny-side up, hard boiled or scrambled, many hesitate to eat them amid concerns that eggs may raise cholesterol levels...