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Dementia



Dementia is a term that refers to a variety of cognitive impairments that most often occur in old age and involve the loss of memory and identity. Dementia interrupts a person’s life experience in disturbing ways and can be extremely difficult to face. Experiencing a decline in one’s own abilities or the abilities of someone we love can be equally painful and can benefit from the right kind of support.

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Dementia Care Guide: Memory Loss Care Solutions

Many family caregivers choose to support a relative with dementia at home. But as their disease progresses, caring for someone with dementia alone may become difficult to manage. If a time comes when you need help caring for your elderly loved one, help is available.

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How to Keep Your Brain Healthy

“You are not stuck with the brain you have. You can make it better and I can prove it.” Dr. Daniel Amen tells the SUCCESS Live Long Beach crowd that it starts with modeling a brain-healthy life.

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The Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiver’s Handbook: What to Remember When They Forget

When a loved one shows signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, you will face challenges for which you feel ill-prepared.

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Healing Touch and Therapeutic Touch for Dementia

Energetic therapies may reduce agitation in demented individuals.

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Screening for Dementia 3: Patient Assessment

This is an excerpt on "Patient Assessment" from the movie, Screening for Dementia. Produced by the University of Georgia's Dr. Leonard W. Poon, video by Alan Stecker of ASV Productions, and filmed at Mercer University's School of Medicine.

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Why Marriage Is Linked to a Lower Risk of Dementia

People who have never married or whose spouse has died are at increased risk of developing dementia compared to married people, according to a new review in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. But being single may not be as big a health hazard as it once was, the analysis finds.

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Frontotemporal Dementia

Dementia is a problem of the elderly, right? Generally that's true. But there is one form of the disease that can strike people when they are very young, in their twenties or even their teens. It's called Frontotemporal Dementia, or FTD.

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Why We Can and Must Focus on Preventing Alzheimer’s

A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed how levels of blood sugar directly relate to risk for dementia.

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Aggressive Behavior in People with Dementia | Linda Ercoli, PhD

UCLA psychologist Linda Ercoli, PhD, educates caregivers about the causes of verbal and physical aggressive behavior in patients with advancing dementia. She introduces behavioral management techniques that can be effective in reducing and managing aggression.

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Responding When Someone with Dementia Wants Her Mom or Dad

It can be helpful to arm yourself with understanding about why this happens and have a couple of responses prepared to try to help your loved one.

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WHAT MIGHT HELP

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