Alzheimer’s and dementia Archive

Holiday Tips for the Memory-Impaired

Posted on November 23, 2011 | No Comments
Supportive resources and careful planning can help ring in a joyful season for those with dementia and their families .
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‘Portrait’ Project Helps Caregivers Learn about their Patients

Posted on November 21, 2011 | No Comments
A computing researcher from the Scotland-based University of Dundee received a £10,000 grant, to promote her new Portrait software .
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Diagnosing Alzheimer’s: A Review of Available Screening Methods

Posted on July 28, 2011 | No Comments
With increasing interest in predicting the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, it is important to be aware of currently available screening methods and of the appropriateness of each.
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Advocating for Alzheimer’s on Capitol Hill

Posted on April 28, 2011 | No Comments
A new initiative by the Alzheimer’s Association hopes to enhance awareness of the disease’s looming epidemic by taking their message, and that of over 10,000 online participants, to our newly elected leaders on Capitol Hill. On May 15-17 they will host the Alzheimer’s Association –...
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Marketplace Thought Leaders Gather at Boomer Business Summit

Posted on April 20, 2011 | No Comments
This year’s Boomer Business Summit will take place on April 29th in San Francisco, CA. For an eighth year, the annual event will host the country’s top business and organizational thought leaders in the Baby Boomer marketplace. The theme of this year’s Summit is...
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New Alzheimer’s Study Seeks Participants

Posted on February 8, 2011 | No Comments
The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) began in 2004 as a landmark study to analyze thousands of brain scans and genetic profiles, with the intent of determining the best way to measure the effects of treatments of Alzheimer’s disease. This year however, researchers hope to...
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F.D.A. Advisory Committee Recomends Brain Scan for Diagnosing Alzheimer’s

Posted on January 26, 2011 | No Comments
Last week the New York Times reported that an advisory committee for the F.D.A. recommended unanimously that the agency approve the first-ever test that allows physicians to see the plaques typically associated with Alzheimer’s disease in a living person. The brain-scan in itself is not...
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Study Shows Dementia Patients are Over-Hospitalized

Posted on January 21, 2011 | No Comments
A recent post in The New Old Age blog of the New York Times reported on a study of Medicare spending among patients with advanced dementia in Boston area nursing homes. The 300-person study showed that 30% of total Medicare expenditures for these patients was...
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Caregiver Support by way of Mobile Technologies

Posted on January 10, 2011 | No Comments
It is estimated that 65.7 million Americans serve as unpaid caregivers for parents, children, and other loved ones and about 78 percent of these family caregivers say they could use more information, this is according to a 2009 study by the National Alliance of...
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Maintaining a Healthy Mind

Posted on January 7, 2011 | No Comments
A recent Newsweek article took a closer look at the explosion of neuro-scientific research. In recent years researchers have given us some promising insight into the inner working of the brain. According to James Bibb, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, greater cognitive...
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Top Ten Advances in Alzheimer’s Research and Care for 2010

Posted on December 31, 2010 | No Comments
Despite the economic downturn and all the other negative news that has bombarded us in the last year, 2010 was a very good year for the advancement of Alzheimer’s awareness, care and research. Although we still do not have a cure, we are one-step closer...
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Memory-Impaired Seniors Share their Voice through Art

Posted on December 23, 2010 | No Comments
On the first floor of the Architects Building in downtown Green Bay lies an unconventional art gallery dedicated to exhibiting watercolor paintings and other artistic creations by local seniors with memory-impairing illnesses. The gallery is operated by Legacies Arts, an initiative that grew out of...
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Not Always “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

Posted on December 17, 2010 | No Comments
The winter holidays are generally perceived as “the most wonderful time of year.” But for those who are facing grief after the death of a loved one, the holidays may instead be a time filled with pain and sadness. Even those for whom grief...
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Rutgers Researcher Re-imagines Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted on December 16, 2010 | No Comments
Karl Herrup, Professor and Chair of Cell Biology and Neuroscience at Rutgers University published an intriguing new hypothesis in the Journal of Neuroscience earlier this week. The premise offers a new hypothesis for the cause of Alzheimer’s disease by suggesting that the researchers have...
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No Blueprint for Grief

Posted on December 14, 2010 | No Comments
Last week Bryan McNutt was featured in an article in Gay San Diego newspaper. Bryan is the Director of Family and Support Services for Silverado Hospice – San Diego and his recent recognition is due to his work with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and...
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