The social and economic costs of dementia are enormous, more than the costs of stroke, heart disease and cancer combined. Yet as a society we spend billions on research in these areas and comparatively little on dementia. Why is that? Is it because we feel helpless in...
An important national telephone survey on the mistreatment of seniors (55+), including personal safety issues, is being conducted by NICE (National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly) until the end of June. Fit Minds encourages older adults to consider...
A study to be published on June 28th in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease suggests that drinking coffee in moderate amounts (4 to 5 cups a day) can protect an individual from the development of Alzheimer’s Disease. The research team has concluded that a...
Having ‘The Talk’ with mom and dad in your 40’s can be just as uncomfortable as it was when you were in your teens. The topic is different now – but still fraught with all kinds of unexpressed emotions. I’m referring to the talk about...
Tom Gunnels’ grandmother has dementia. He recently wrote an 8,000 word essay about her disease and how it has affected his family, ending up as one of five national finalists in the 2010 Norman Mailer College Writing Awards for Creative Nonfiction. The effect of...
Scientists developing treatments for the devastating brain disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) have unexpectedly blocked the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia through the use of two antibodies. These two antibodies, ICSM 18 and...
