When someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, it is easy to fall into despair. There’s no cure for Alzheimer’s, and it is marked by a slow cognitive decline. People with Alzheimer’s often struggle with confusion, frustration, … [Read more...]
Primary Progressive Aphasia Patients May Have Hope
Primary Progressive Aphasia is a neurodegenerative disease marked by continuously worsening speech problems. Those that suffer from this disease also tend to be a lot more prone to have Alzheimer’s disease. Current statistics indicate that … [Read more...]
Minnesota Law Change Geared Toward Helping Seniors
A recent change of law in Minnesota may be a step forward when it comes to protecting senior citizens receiving care in an assisted living facility. In the past, it was required for assisted living facilities in the state of Minnesota to … [Read more...]
Neurological Damage May Lead to a Worse Outcome for COVID Patients
We all know that some people are more at risk of suffering from complications due to COVID-19 than others are. And we all know that senior citizens tend to have been hit the hardest by the virus--on many levels. Scientists are beginning to … [Read more...]
Focusing on Mental Health this Holiday Season
This holiday season will be like nothing any of us have ever experienced. And even though the devastation of COVID-19 has been great, perhaps the biggest fallout that we have experienced when it comes to the pandemic is on the mental health … [Read more...]
Facing Dementia Early On
New York University’s Langone Health and School of Medicine recently teamed up to conduct research in the field of detecting dementia. The new tool that was developed uses an MRI to map white matter lesions on the brain, one of the hallmark … [Read more...]
How Dementia is Treated During an Election
We all know about the upcoming presidential election. Whatever your politics are, and whether or not you plan on voting, you’re likely reading this article because you have an older loved one that you are at some point in the process of … [Read more...]
Lowering the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
A new study out of the University of Irvine here in California indicates that there might be more to Alzheimer’s disease than what researchers first believed. The toxic buildup of amyloid proteins in the brain has long been seen as the … [Read more...]
New Scams During the Pandemic
Seniors tend to be disproportionately targeted for scams and financial abuse because they are often more vulnerable than younger populations. They can have advanced medical needs or dementia that put them in a position of dependence upon … [Read more...]
Explaining the Coronavirus to Your Family
Social distancing is not a pleasant experience for a lot of us. We want to be out and active in our communities. We want to be around the people that we work with and our friends. But right now, thanks to the coronavirus, it is not … [Read more...]
Innovative Treatment for Brain Injury May Help Seniors
A research team out of Trinity College in Dublin has pinpointed a new method for treating traumatic brain injury that focuses on targeting immune cells and “resetting” them so that they are no longer as active as they once were. This might … [Read more...]
An Uplifting Senior Care Story
A recently published story out of Dublin illustrates just how important family and the bonds that we form over time are when it comes to senior care. A couple named Bud and Audrey both moved into an assisted living facility that specializes … [Read more...]
