Study: Activity in middle age may not affect underlying Alzheimer’s disease
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 24, 2016
People who keep mentally and physically fit in middle age may not show symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, but that doesn’t mean that such activity affects the underlying disease changes in the...
Aggressively reducing Alzheimer’s risk factors could mean 1.2 million fewer disease in 2050: experts
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 15, 2021
Adopting an aggressive plan to reduce risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias by 15% per decade could result in 1.2 million fewer people living with the disease in 2050, according...
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Sen. Grassley demands details of community’s HR, social media policies after worker arrest
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 30, 2017
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is seeking details of a Florida memory care community’s human resources and social media policies after a worker there allegedly secretly recorded two...
Sleepiness, Alzheimer’s linked in study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 13, 2018
Are your residents who do not have dementia excessively sleepy during the daytime? If so, then they may be at risk for an increased accumulation of a brain protein that is a biomarker for Alzheimer’s...
Digital memory boxes have Bluetooth functionality
By
Meredith Beirne
Jul 12, 2018
frame, a company offering cloud-based, customizable digital content management and display systems for senior living communities, has announced an advancement for its digital memory boxes.
Dementia: Disability or disease?
Oct 01, 2015
Dementia should be considered a disability rather than a disease, maintains a new report from the Mental Health Foundation.