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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Traumatic Brain Injury Increases Dementia Risk Up to 25%
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can possibly cause dementia more than 30 years after the impact.
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Neighbors for More Than 50 Years, Now Help Each Other with Dementia
After living only 50 feet away from each other most of their lives, they are now together in a senior facility helping each other with dementia.
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Monday, January 29, 2018
Dementia is Not a Diagnosis
The first step in caring for someone with dementia is to get the right diagnosis
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018
After 70 Years of Marriage, They Refused to Allow Dementia to Separate Them
This couple only see dementia as one more obstacle in their lives, but they don't allow it to keep them apart.
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Sensory Stimulation Promotes Quality of Life for Seniors with Dementia
Our touch, smell, hearing and other senses help us remember better times, and gives us peace.
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Couple Arrange a Second Wedding After Husband with Dementia Proposes to Wife for a Week
Even when someone has dementia, they often never forget the love they had for their spouse.
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Monday, January 22, 2018
Yoga for Seniors – A Perfect Way to Exercise the Mind and Body
You can practice yoga just about anywhere, and it is the perfect mind and body workout for seniors and people of all ages.
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Thursday, January 18, 2018
Why Dementia is So Hard to Treat - Even some larger drug companies are giving up on research
It's expensive to develop a cure for a disease and pharmaceutical companies struggle with costs.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Some Safety Tips to Keep Seniors Healthy During the Winter Months
Winter time is dangerous for most people. However, seniors need extra are to avoid falls and other health complications.
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Could Too Much Salt Lead to Cognitive Decline and Dementia?
A study in mice found a high-salt diet directly leads to cognitive decline and dementia
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Thursday, January 11, 2018
New Clinical Study Using Gene Therapy to Try and Cure Alzheimer's Disease in One Treatment
Clinical trial in Cartagena, Colombia, using gene therapy to reverse age-related diseases, starting with Alzheimer's.
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Tuesday, January 9, 2018
What You Should Know About Senior Health - The Senior Wellness Guide
The Senior Wellness Guide educates seniors and their loved ones on health concerns and healthy aging on topics such as Alzheimer's, care-giving, nutrition..
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Monday, January 8, 2018
Annual Flu Shots for Seniors Help Prevent Intensive Care Visits and Death
Regardless what people might think about flu shots, reports show that they do help save the lives of seniors each year.
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Thursday, January 4, 2018
Extreme Cold and Hypothermia Can be a Threat to Seniors and Those with Dementia
With big winter storms ready to blast the U.S., special care needs to be provided to seniors and others dementia
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Wednesday, January 3, 2018
What if My Mother’s Extramarital Cravings Are Linked to Dementia? - The New York Times
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to address a parent’s —and a sibling’s — apparent mental decline.
http://nyti.ms/2EPQf16
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
SuperAgers - Men and Women Who are 80, 90, and 100 with Memories as Sharp as a Tack
A Northwestern University study of “SuperAgers” suggests that having satisfying, warm, trusting relationships in their later years may help people delay dementia.
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