Individual Programming is the Key to Dementia Care

Dementia Changes Relationships – It Doesn’t End Them. Nicole Scheidl, Founder of Fit Minds Individual Programming Individual programming is the key to creating dementia care that is meaningful and engaging for individuals and their families. Every...

Meta-Analysis: 9 Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease

A recent meta-analysis identified nine factors which increase the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. The analysis was published in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry by Dr. Yu of the Memory and Aging Center at the University of San Francisco. The risk...

Are You Conscientious?

Did you know that being conscientious is one of the factors that reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease? Bob DeMarco of the Alzheimer’s Reading Room, listed nine important ways to delay or buffer against the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The one that...

Podcast – When Is It Not Ok to Say Ok?

In this podcast Norm Vinson, PhD and myself discuss when is it not okay to say okay at the end of a sentence. After listening to his podcast I guarantee you’ll notice how often you use “okay” and will start to change the way you phrase what you...

Non-Pharma, In-Home Therapies Make a Difference

In a recent meta-study analyzing 23 clinical studies researchers at the the Dementia Collaborative Research Center at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia found that non-pharmacological treatments had a significant impact on individuals suffering...

Technology – Boon or Bane?

It is interesting that both scientific research and life experiences underpin the necessary concept that having meaning and purpose are fundamental needs for our human psyche. Brain health is important – but for what purpose? I would argue it is to discover...