Identifying Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear
Durin Technologies Inc, a New Jersey based company has developed a new blood test for Alzheimer's that they believe is 96% accurate and can perhaps detect the disease even before symptoms such as memory loss occur. Currently doctors use evaluation of behaviour and...
Caregiver and Care-receiver – Talking About Core Values
A new study from researchers at Pennsylvania State University and the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging finds that caregivers and their relatives who suffer from dementia widely disagree on the amount and quality of care both given and received. The study identified...
Information Sessions on Brain Health and Cognitive Interaction
Maintaining Brain Health as You Age, and How Cognitive Interaction Can Help Individuals Suffering from Alzheimer’s and Other Forms of Dementia This one hour presentation will combine a general introduction to the aging brain, brain plasticity and cognitive reserve...
I CAN! I WILL! – Changing the Conversation About Dementia
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...
National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE) Survey
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...
Coffee – Protecting you against Alzheimer’s Disease.
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 unidentified...