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...
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...
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...
A fascinating experiment has Alzheimer Research heading off in a new direction. Stuart Feinstein, professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and co-director of UCSB’s Neuroscience Research Institute, and his research team found that when they...
Mary McKinlay faced early onset Alzheimer’s and in a recent CBC interview she talks candidly about the symptoms that alerted her to the possibility that something might be wrong. Mary talks very calmly and clearly about the effects Alzheimer’s disease is...
Treating dementia within a cultural context is a small shift that is growing in importance, particularly in native communities across Canada. In Rebecca Lindell’s article, “First Nation taking a cultural slant on treating dementia”, she highlights...
