Here’s an expert-vetted list of ways to help keep Alzheimer’s patients safe at home, from home modifications to dementia-friendly lighting and decór choices. Adapting…
It isn’t always obvious how best to entertain a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Activities like chores, gardening, and reminiscing about the past…
It may be possible to spot a telling combination of three specific dementia warning signs up to 9 years before a dementia diagnosis, according…
We looked at all the credible, peer-reviewed studies out there, talked to experts, and got to the bottom of the question about whether or…
Research shows two of every five cases of Alzheimer’s and related dementias are preventable. According to credible, peer-reviewed scientific studies, here are the 8…
Is there a way to communicate with people living with Alzheimer’s who have become nonverbal? Dr. Maggie Ellis shares techniques around adaptive interaction, an…
Interfaith Hospice Chaplain Ellie Douglass discusses her approach to caregiving through creative listening, mindfulness and respectful language. Caregiving for a person who is nearing…
Healthy diets seem to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. But new research calls everything we thought we knew about the Mediterranean diet into question. Why…
Researchers in Denmark say they’ve found that destroying a certain gene can prevent early-onset Alzheimer’s. The test subjects who helped them prove it: a…
Adaptive interaction — a way of communicating that involves mirroring a person’s actions — is helping carers connect with nonverbal people living with dementia….
Reporter Phil Gutis is living with Alzheimer’s. So is his dog, Bea. One day, the same approach to treatment might help them both. Sometimes…
University of Birmingham neurology fellow and dreams researcher Abidemi Otaiku discusses his new study on nightmares as a possible predictor of cognitive decline or…
A large trial tested whether multivitamins and cocoa extract might be able to slow down cognitive aging. The result? Some strange and unexpected data….
While too much sedentary time sitting around can be bad for brain health, but a new study adds that what you do while you…
A $2.8M grant awarded to scientists at the University of New Hampshire will help develop assistive care robots that will help caregivers with burdensome…