At the 2024 Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) conference in Madrid, Spain, scientists and drug development companies gathered to report on recent successes…
As Halloween approaches, families look forward to celebrations, costumes, and candy. However, for individuals living with dementia, the holiday’s sudden noises, flashing lights, and…
Positive Approach to Care founder and dementia care expert Teepa Snow returns to our Live Talks series for another session of “Ask Teepa Anything,”…
How do you decide when it’s time for someone with dementia to stop driving? And how do you have that tough talk about taking…
More than one in 10 people who catch COVID don’t fully recover. Symptoms persist, and doctors call that chronic condition “long COVID.” Those symptoms may…
September 20, 2024 Sasha Neal (@dementiasdaughter) is an audio visual producer and writer who lives in London, UK. She provided caregiving support to her…
August 29, 2024 John-Paul Ashton is a caregiver to his father who lives with dementia. As one of four grown adult children, watching the…
Creating art for healing purposes dates back tens of thousands of years, to the practices of First Nations people around the world. Art therapy…
Tapping into creativity can feel out of reach for people that are navigating living with Alzheimer’s. We spoke to a neuroscientist, a former academic,…
Corliss Wallingford was inspired to start a therapeutic horse riding center in her home state of Virginia after her daughter, who is non verbal,…
Twenty-six years. That is roughly how much of our lives are spent asleep. Scientists have been trying to explain why we spend so much…
During the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Philadelphia last week, researchers and drug companies presented data on a range of different Alzheimer’s drugs. Amidst…
In a recent survey, Being Patient put a question to readers: “What is the biggest barrier preventing you from seeking a trial?” The most…
Researchers have long tied inflammation to increasing Alzheimer’s risk, particularly in how it triggers amyloid production in the brain. Scientists are now delving deeper…
July 12, 2024 Brian Bennett is a former packaging executive and was a caregiver to his mother who lived with dementia. My mother was…