Cognitive Resilience: What is it? How do I build it?
Cognitive resilience is an important concept in brain health. There has been more attention paid to the building of cognitive resilience to reduce dementia risk and help individuals age well.
5 Reasons to Make a Memory Box for Alzheimer’s
For loved ones, parents or seniors with Alzheimer’s disease, a memory box can help recall events and people from the past. These memories can stimulate the senior, prompting conversation with loved ones. 5 Reasons to Make a Memory Box for Alzheimer’s Whether a family photo, newspaper clipping or other prop; memory boxes hold items that […]
Dementia: The Memory Thief
The dementia epidemic is looming. With no cure or effective treatment method on the horizon, researchers are looking back at what we have learned over the last 100 years since the first disease diagnosis, and looking ahead into preventing dementia — the memory thief — for future generations.Dementia: The Memory Thief. Professor Michel Geordert from […]
Poor Odor Identification May Be Early Warning for Dementia
A study by Kristine Yaffe, MD, a UCSF professor of psychiatry, neurology and epidemiology and biostatistics, concluded that a poor sense of smell greatly raises the chance of developing dementia later on in life. This discovery could prove to be an early detection strategy for dementia and aid in the prevention and treatment of the […]
Sleep Protein Could Lower Risk for Alzheimer’s
The Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis conducted a study regarding a brain protein called Orexin and its possible connection to Alzheimer’s. The study, which was published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine, was conducted using two sets of mice: Mice bred to be genetically predisposed to develop beta amyloid proteins, and mice […]
Grief and Dementia
When someone you love dies there can be overwhelming feelings of grief. This grief can be complicated if the one you love suffered from dementia prior to their death. You may even feel that you started or are starting the grieving process before death takes place. This is normal.
Trying to Solve the Alzheimer’s Puzzle
With 3 billion dollars recently granted in federal funding, Alzheimer’s research is in full force. Eli Lilly’s recent promising drug failed in it’s late stage clinical trials but researchers believe that removing amyloid plaques in the brain, something the drug was attempting to do is the way to go. Biogen has a drug that is […]
Bilingual Brains are More Resilient to Dementia Cause by Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a complex disease with many unanswered questions. New research is showing a link however to those with bilingual language abilities being more resilient to the dementia effects cause by Alzheimer’s disease. This new study shows that those fluent in more than one language are somewhat more protected from dementia. As more people […]
The Burdens and the Joys of Caregiving
Being a caregiver is both a physical and an emotional journey. This journey is all-encompassing and it takes its toll. There are emotional, physical and financial strains that call on us at the deepest levels. These challenges can hit us intellectually, socially, financially and spiritually. Simply put: caregiving can be overwhelming.
Lowering Cholesterol May Help Ward Off Alzheimer’s
While cholesterol is a crucial substance for human bodies and not altogether deserving of its presumed bad rap, most of us realize that an excess can damage the cardiovascular system, specifically the heart and blood vessels. What all of us may not realize is that due to the interdependent nature of our bodily systems, the […]