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What’s the Connection Between Sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease?—Sleeping with Science, a TED Series

2020

Does not getting enough sleep lead to Alzheimer’s disease? Sleep scientist Matt Walker explains the relationship between the two—and how researchers are exploring how to use sleep to decrease our chances of developing this condition. See more...

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Walks through Heaven with Dad: A Young Man’s Experience with Lewy Body Dementia

Daniel Woytowich’s father was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia while he was still in college. This memoir tells the story of the diagnosis of, acceptance of, and journey through the terrible illness that is dementia.

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Daniel John Woytowich
2015
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Speaking Dementia: Making Sense of It All

Frena Gray-Davidson has lived and worked with people with dementia for over 25 years. She is a best-selling author and is internationally recognized for her caregiver training workshops for professionals and families.

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Frena Gray-Davidson
2017
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Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End

Despite being a physician and a bioethicist, Tia Powell wasn't prepared to address the challenges she faced when her grandmother, and then her mother, were diagnosed with dementia—not to mention confronting the hard truth that her own odds aren't great. In the U.S.

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Tia Powell
2020
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Mayo Clinic on Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias

It can be terrifying to witness a loved one’s cognitive decline. But for millions of families around the world, that fear becomes reality year after year. Researchers estimate that more than 150 million people around the world could be living with dementia by 2050.

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Jonathon Graff-Radford, Angela M. Lunde
2020
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Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease Stages, Treatments, and Other Medical Considerations: Alzheimer's Roadmap

This book, updated in 2020, describes what is known right now about Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia, including its pathological features, the symptoms and prognosis at each stage, and the treatment options available.

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Laura Town, Karen Kassel
2015
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On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear

An estimated fifty million people in the world suffer from dementia. Diseases such as Alzheimer's erase parts of one's memory but are also often said to erase the self.

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Lynn Casteel Harper
2020
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Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life

Reminiscent of Oliver Sacks, noted Harvard-trained geriatrician Louise Aronson uses stories from her quarter century of caring for patients, and draws from history, science, literature, popular culture, and her own life to weave a vision of old age that’s neither nightmare nor utopian fantasy—a...

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Louise Aronson
2021
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