Leqembi Becomes Europe’s First Alzheimer’s Antibody
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The European Union authorizes Leqembi as its very first Alzheimer’s drug to target an underlying cause of Alzheimer’s.
Moving a parent into an assisted living community requires patience, understanding and compassion. Ease this life change for your family member. These four tips can help make the transition easier for all.
Caring for Vascular Dementia
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TEEPA SNOW CARE VIDEO: Vascular dementia poses unique challenges to caregivers. Learn how vascular dementia differs from Alzheimer’s. See how to make life better, both for you and the one for whom you care.
20% Less Dementia with Shingles Vaccine
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Stanford Medicine’s new analysis of a vaccination program found shingles vaccines appear to lower dementia diagnoses by 20% — more than any other known intervention.
Biogen Targets Alzheimer’s Tau
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Tau and amyloid are the two culprits behind Alzheimer’s. Biogen gave the world Leqembi to treat amyloid. Now, learn how Biogen’s Investigational Tau-Targeting Therapy BIIB080 just received FDA Fast Track Designation.
My Mind is Running Dry But Love Still Speaks
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A powerful song about an 80-year-old professor losing memory due to Alzheimer’s. A tribute and a call for understanding, love, and support.
More Evidence Alzheimer’s is a Type of Diabetes
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MEMORY PROBLEMS, an early sign of Alzheimer’s, are linked to glucose sugar deprivation in brain cells. So is diabetes, a well-known Alzheimer’s risk factor. How strongly connected is the Alzheimer’s-Sugar-Diabetes triangle?
20% Less Dementia with Shingles Vaccine
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Stanford Medicine’s new analysis of a vaccination program found shingles vaccines appear to lower dementia diagnoses by 20% — more than any other known intervention.
20% Less Dementia with Shingles Vaccine
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Stanford Medicine’s new analysis of a vaccination program found shingles vaccines appear to lower dementia diagnoses by 20% — more than any other known intervention.
Welcome, About This Site
This site was inspired by my Mom’s autoimmune dementia.
It is a place where we separate out the wheat from the chafe, the important articles & videos from each week’s river of news. Google gets a new post on Alzheimer’s or dementia every 7 minutes. That can overwhelm anyone looking for help. This site filters out, focuses on and offers only the best information. It has helped hundreds of thousands of people since it debuted in 2007. Thanks to our many subscribers for your supportive feedback.
The site is dedicated to all those preserving the dignity of the community of people living with dementia.
Peter Berger, Editor
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Senior Living & Memory Care
36 Ways to Revolutionize Dementia Care
April 3, 2025
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See how living with dementia can be a full and meaningful life, in this Virginia Film Festival movie. Watch innovative approaches in memory care communities that improve the well-being of residents.
Atria: 4 Ways to Adjust to Assisted Living
February 11, 2025
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Moving a parent into an assisted living community requires patience, understanding and compassion. Ease this life change for your family member. These four tips can help make the transition easier for all.
A Very-Dementia-Friendly Town
February 5, 2025
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UPLIFTING AND IDEA-FILLED VIDEO: In picturesque Arnsberg, townsfolk are finding ways to make living with dementia as normal as possible.
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20% Less Dementia with Shingles Vaccine
April 18, 2025
Stanford Medicine’s new analysis of a vaccination program found shingles vaccines appear to lower dementia diagnoses by 20% — more than any other known intervention.
More Evidence Alzheimer’s is a Type of Diabetes
April 16, 2025
MEMORY PROBLEMS, an early sign of Alzheimer’s, are linked to glucose sugar deprivation in brain cells. So is diabetes, a well-known Alzheimer’s risk factor. How strongly connected is the Alzheimer’s-Sugar-Diabetes triangle?
8 Drinks a Week Mess with Memory & Thinking
April 10, 2025
Heavy drinkers who have eight or more alcoholic drinks per week have increased risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and thinking problems, according to a new study.
What Starts Alzheimer’s, What Stops It?
April 4, 2025
VIDEO: Vascular neglect triggers Alzheimer’s decades before symptoms appear. See how to use that knowledge to lower risk and slow its advance.
2 Million Marijuana Smokers Up Stroke 17%
March 31, 2025
MARIJUANA VIDEO – Dr. Gregger:
Vascular dementia often results from strokes. In a huge study of 2 million pot smokers, hospitalization from ischemic stroke increased 17%. See more about this vascular-dementia-marijuana connection.
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Research
20% Less Dementia with Shingles Vaccine
Stanford Medicine’s new analysis of a vaccination program found shingles vaccines appear to lower dementia diagnoses by 20% — more than any other known intervention.
Biogen Targets Alzheimer’s Tau
Tau and amyloid are the two culprits behind Alzheimer’s. Biogen gave the world Leqembi to treat amyloid. Now, learn how Biogen’s Investigational Tau-Targeting Therapy BIIB080 just received FDA Fast Track Designation.
More Evidence Alzheimer’s is a Type of Diabetes
MEMORY PROBLEMS, an early sign of Alzheimer’s, are linked to glucose sugar deprivation in brain cells. So is diabetes, a well-known Alzheimer’s risk factor. How strongly connected is the Alzheimer’s-Sugar-Diabetes triangle?
Bill Gates: “Data could hold the key to stopping Alzheimer’s”
The good news is that a new initiative called ADDI is pooling research data to accelerate curing Alzheimer’s. Watch Bill Gates on the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative.
Unpacking Ways to Help Dementia
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Caregiving
Three Messages for a Smooth Move to Memory Care
You’ve made the difficult, necessary decision to move someone you love into a “Memory Care” dementia-care community. What are you supposed to SAY to them? How do you tell them they have to move? Here is a proven, three-prong approach to keep you out of hot water and save you both a lot of heartache.
February 2, 2025
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Fire Rescues for People Fighting Dementia
WATCH FIREFIGHTERS learn how it feels to have dementia and rescue people with Alzheimer’s in an emergency crisis.
January 14, 2025
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Robots Help Dementia Patients AND Caregivers
A new study relating to dementia-care finds that robot use is associated with increased employment and employee retention, improved productivity and a higher quality of care.
January 12, 2025
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Designing Rooms for Dementia
FREE 32-PAGE BOOK: Dementia design improves the independence of people with dementia. This online book is available at no charge. Learn dozens of clever design tips that can make a world of difference.
December 30, 2024
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3 Battery-Operated Dementia Clocks
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If your loved one asks a little too often, “What’s the time?” “What day is it?”, easily solve the problem with these Battery-Operated Dementia-Calendar-Clocks. No wires, hang them on any wall, stand them on any table.
Take The Patented Virtual Dementia Tour
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VIDEO & ARTICLE: 500,000 family and professional caregivers have experienced The Virtual Dementia Tour®. It simulates Alzheimer’s for caregivers. It boosts their level of care and motivation. See how it works.
Seatbelt Grabber
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Shoulder issues? Mobility limits? This durable little device helps more than one can imagine when reaching for a seat belt!
Memory Box for Dementia
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FILL A MEMORY BOX with photos and memorabilia of a person with dementia, then position it by their door. See it re-orient them, trigger conversations, make a doorway one’s own, and mostly, stimulate memories of good times.
Red Plates for Eating with Dementia
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If you couldn’t see your mashed potatoes, you probably wouldn’t eat them. That’s why what “The Red Plate Study” found was astonishing! Alzheimer’s patients eating from red plates consumed 25 percent more food than those eating from white plates. Find out why.
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15 Simple Things You Can Do to Know Your Are Trying Your Best Caring for a Loved One with Dementia or Memory Loss
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FREE DOWNLOAD: This booklet is rich with care practices based on research by highly-credentialed investigators.
“Mom Forgot My Birthday” Offers Guidance to Caregivers
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Sonya Jury’s memoir, “Mom Forgot My Birthday,” shares a candid look at the challenges of Alzheimer’s caregiving. Through her personal experiences, she provides valuable lessons and a “how-not-to” perspective.
Designing Rooms for Dementia
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FREE 32-PAGE BOOK: Dementia design improves the independence of people with dementia. This online book is available at no charge. Learn dozens of clever design tips that can make a world of difference.
Chicken Soup for the Soul – Living with Alzheimer’s & Other Dementias: 101 Stories of Caregiving, Coping, and Compassion
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BOOK OF THE WEEK:
“I loved and needed to hear these stories. I am living these stories everyday. I loved the humor, the hope and the compassion of each of these authors!”
Care-Partner Journal for Alzheimer’s & Dementia
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Print this free 10-page booklet. Brookdale Care Programs offers helpful hints, practical suggestions, checklists and tables to ease your journey as dementia-care-partners.
Love & Compassion
Experience 12 Minutes in Alzheimer's
Just what is a loved one with dementia going through? This virtual Alzheimer’s tour reveals more than you ever imagined.
Songs
My Mind is Running Dry But Love Still Speaks
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A powerful song about an 80-year-old professor losing memory due to Alzheimer’s. A tribute and a call for understanding, love, and support.
When Ted Sings, Millions Listen, Alzheimer’s & All
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MUSIC: Famously known as the Songaminute Man, Ted is living with dementia, even as he enjoys singing on. Watch this wonderful sampling of his songs, along with a one-of-a-kind interview on BBC’s “The One Show”.
You Will Always Be My Girls
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MUSIC VIDEO: Super Bowl Champ Ben Utecht got CTE Dementia at the age of 29. See his song and read how he asks Congress to tackle dementia.
On the Street Where You Live, by Dad with Dementia
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Watch Teddy Mac, diagnosed with dementia, belt out a wonderful song on a drive with his son.
Do Not Ask Me to Remember
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This gorgeous Owen Darnell poem is often referred to as the ‘Alzheimer’s Poem’.
Dad with Dementia Sings: VOLARE!
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WONDERFUL SONG+LYRICS:
Dementia-patient Ted McDermott journeys with son Simon, making famously beautiful music together. Get your smile ready and join in.
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Film & Music
My Mind is Running Dry But Love Still Speaks
April 16, 2025
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A powerful song about an 80-year-old professor losing memory due to Alzheimer’s. A tribute and a call for understanding, love, and support.
Dad with Dementia Sings “Lonely is the Man Without Love”
March 13, 2025
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EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC VIDEO: Ted McDermott, The Song-A-Minute Man, was diagnosed with dementia. His son, Simon, wasn’t going to let that stop his Dad. He understood how music reaches our deepest selves and has journeyed with his Dad and their dashcam to make beautiful music together. Get your widest smile ready and watch them in action.
5 Ways Music Helps Dementia
February 23, 2025
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SEE five powerful reasons to use music in dementia care. Mary Sue Wilkinson is Founder of “Singing Heart to Heart” and author of “Songs You Know By Heart: A Simple Guide for Using Music in Dementia Care”, with Teepa Snow. Learn more.