Senior Care Blog

“I think I could speak clearer and did not wait as long in answering questions,” she said. “Sometimes, in the past, things would leave my mind and I couldn’t remember things.” Let me just start by saying that this...

November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, so I am going to give a lot of attention throughout this month to what we know as well as what we don’t know about dementia generally and Alzheimer’s disease specifically.  More...

Scientists at Northwestern University’s School of Medicine are using similar language now to refer to a rather small subset of people who live to be not just over 90 years of age, but some to be old enough to…

We don’t often get a chance to use the words “good news” and “Alzheimer’s Disease” in the same sentence.  That may be about to change.  You may recall that I have reported on numerous studies here as well as...

As if dementia sufferers don’t have enough quality of life challenges, we can add to the list dehydration.  In addition to the other short term memory issues older adults with dementia may not recognize that they are dehydrated …...

You’ve heard the statistic.  Every day 10,000 more Americans turn 65 years old.  We all know someone who has celebrated their 65th birthday…no crisis.   The crisis will be the magnitude of need that’s represented 10, 15 or 20 years...

I have shared this statistic before, but in America someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease every 67 seconds.  And Alzheimer’s is just one of the approximately one hundred types of dementia.  Scientists do not have a cure for any...

It’s not a new story that the internet is a potentially hazardous place to conduct financial transactions.  You may have warned your kids and even your older parents.  Beware of the companies who may be hacked and your older...