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When a person is affected by a debilitating disease or condition, it seems as though there is always some type of stigma...
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One of the biggest mistakes we make as dementia caregivers is to use too many words.In other words, we try and explain to persons living with dementia why what they are saying or doing is wrong.
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Studies have shown that heavy smoking during the senior years can raise one’s risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Other research studies indicate...
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...
High School Student Project Helps People with Alzheimer’s Recall Memories
Memories are basically what shapes a person’s life, and most certainly comprises the history of each personal story. Alzheimer’s disease (AD), robs...
What’s the Difference Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia?
In a nutshell, dementia is a symptom, and Alzheimer's disease is the cause of the symptom. When someone is told they have dementia, it means that they have significant memory problems as well as...
Could Alzheimer’s Disease be Caused by Herpes? A New Study Says Maybe
With all the advanced research in finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), it’s difficult to believe that the cause of the...
10 Things a Person Living with Dementia Would Tell You If They Could
Here are ten communications tips that can help Alzheimer's caregivers improve their daily life.
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College Students & People with Alzheimer’s Both Benefit from Unique Living Situation
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Alzheimer’s disease is not strictly a condition that is prevalent in the U.S., it’s now being considered a worldwide epidemic...
Urinary Tract Infection, You Can Learn From My Experience
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Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to...
A new USC-led study on rats that feasted on a high-fat, sugary diet raises the possibility that a junk food-filled diet in teens may...
Repurposing non-pharmacological interventions for Alzheimer’s disease through link prediction on biomedical literature
The complete workflow is depicted in Fig. 1. To investigate the association between NPIs and AD, we initially conducted preprocessing and integration of biomedical triples...
Degenerative Dementias and Their Medical Care in the Movies
Compared with other neurologic problems, few films have been dedicated to degenerative dementia. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review about the...