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20 Home Safety Tips for Alzheimer's
Over time, people with Alzheimer's become less able to manage around the house. Here are 20 ways to make your home a safer place for a loved one with dementia.
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16 Things You Didn't Know Happened In Dementia
You think of dementia as involving memory loss and confusion. But there's a lot more to it than that.
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The progression of dementia - Alzheimer's Society
Information about how dementia progresses.
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Caregiver Dementia: Oh Yea, It's Real.
There's an overlooked type of dementia, and it's more common than Alzheimer's.
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3 Reasons Self-Care Is Essential for Caregivers
It might seem noble to give all your attention to a loved one, but being a martyr can backfire.
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Dealing with emergencies: What at-home caregivers need to know
If you’re the primary caretaker for a senior citizen, you probably already know an emergency situation can develop in minutes. No matter how great your care is, it’s a fact of life.
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Senior Caregiver Toolkit | A Place for Mom
The essential senior caregiver tool kit with the best checklists and guides for people who are caring for senior loved ones.
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Dementia also takes a toll on unpaid caregivers
Unpaid caregivers and family members spend more than 100 hours a month, on average, assisting elderly people with dementia who live in the community and not in residential care or nursing homes, ac…
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A Dozen Things You Should Never Say To A Caregiver
These comments, even if well-meaning, won't go over well.
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Alzheimer's and the Brain
An introduction to Alzheimer's Disease
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The Last Day of Her Life
When Sandy Bem found out she had Alzheimer’s, she resolved that before the disease stole her mind, she would kill herself. The question was, when?
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Alzheimer's is not normal aging — and we can cure it
More than 40 million people worldwide suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and that number is expected to increase drastically in the coming years. But no real progress has been made in the fight against the disease since its classification more than 100 years ago. Scientist Samuel Cohen shares a new breakthrough in Alzheimer's research from his lab as well as a message of hope. "Alzheimer's is a disease," Cohen says, "and we can cure it."
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As Japan’s population shrinks, bears and boars roam where schools and shrines once thrived
The red-roofed temple at the top of the hill closed about a decade ago, and now Yoshihiro Shibata can’t even remember its name, though the 54-year-old dairy farmer has lived in this picturesque village all his life. By Julie Makinen.
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Limiting medical care for the elderly.
Medical advances and technology can keep people alive longer, but it doesn't necessarily give them a quality of life. Sometimes it prolongs suffering. The reason the elderly use such a large amount of medical resources is obvious, they are likely to have more health problems and need more care.
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World's oldest male twins turn 103
The world’s oldest living male twins, Pieter and Paulus Langerock of Belgium, have turned 103, raising a glass of wine to more than a century of life together. The brothers, neither of whom ever married, have lived with each other for most of their lives. To this day, they are barely apart, sharing a room at their nursing home just outside Ghent. The pair said they sometimes regretted not having had any children or grandchildren, but they were each other’s best friends.
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Post-menopausal orcas’ wisdom helps family survive
Wisdom of the elders may help killer whales make it through rough times, with older females leading the pods to salmon feeding grounds. By Andy Coghlan. (Mar. 5, 2015)
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Why Aging Isn’t Inevitable
Humans age gradually, but some animals do all their aging in a rush at the end of life, while others don’t age at all, and a few can even age backward. The variety of aging patterns in nature should be a caution sign to anyone inclined to generalize—particularly the generalization that aging is inevitable. Bacteria reproduce symmetrically, just dividing in two. What could “aging” mean for bacteria since, after reproduction, there is no distinction between parent and child?
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Surprising Signs of Gluten Intolerance
From a skin rash to joint pain, these symptoms may mean it’s time to give up the gluten.
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A promising anti-ageing drug is about to undergo human trials for the first time
Can we really hope to slow down the ageing process? The compound nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) has shown plenty of promise at increasing the lifespans of mice, and is about to be put to the test in human clinical trials for the first time.
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Retirement Plans (HBO)
Saving for retirement means navigating a potential minefield of high fees and bad advice. Billy Eichner and Kristin Chenoweth share some tips.
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