What Is Memory Care?
For patients who have Alzheimer’s or dementia, as the disease progresses, there will often be a need for residential care. The needs of dementia and Alzheimer’s patients are complex, and specialized More...
Memory Care Assisted Living: Your Guide
Aging is one of the reasons for affecting memory that can turn so bad that those suffering from it forget how to do some tasks as simple as lighting the kitchen stove or recollect their name. They suffer from forgetfulness More...
Everyone Ages Differently: Issues That Can Occur and How To Deal With Them
The fact that everyone ages different is obvious which means that there are going to be different issues that occur health wise. People treat their bodies differently and while they are young they can recover but More...
All About Assisted Living Communities
Anyone who loves their parents and other family members dearly will only want the best for them. However, aging is a part of life. And not everyone can hold on to their vitality and stamina as the body and mind More...
Dementia is on Rise, but it can be prevented
Dementia has become one of the leading causes of death in England and Wales. According to statistics published in The Express in October 2017, dementia claimed 62,948 lives, including 41,747 women and 21,201 More...
Living With Dementia? Live-in Care Can Help
Find out how dementia sufferers can benefit from care in the home, and how it helps to provide the entire family with peace of mind. John Forbes Nash Jr photo/ Peter Badge The dementia charity Alzheimers.org has More...
Oregon expands their euthanasia laws, allowing patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s to be starved to death
Oregon became the first U.S. state that legalized doctors killing sick patients and now has passed a bill that critics say will allow healthcare givers to starve to death mentally ill patients. Oregon’s Senate More...
Dutch government panel rules euthanasia doctor ‘acted in good faith’ when he murdered woman with dementia
A Dutch doctor who euthanized an elderly woman with dementia “acted in good faith,” according to an euthanasia oversight panel, preventing the doctor from being prosecuted. This particular case was More...
Netherlands euthanizes woman with dementia despite legal requirements
An 80-year-old woman with dementia was euthanized in the Netherlands after a judge ruled in favor of her family who claimed that she had a “death wish.” The court order overruled the fact that the woman had More...
‘Hack My Brain’ coming to Science Channel Sept. 19, 3-hour special
What if you could make your mind better, faster and stronger starting right now? Science Channel is searching for answers by taking the idea of brain games to a whole new level in the three-hour special HACK More...
Novel Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Methodology
Dementia is a neurocognitive disorder characterized by problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, and is caused by accumulation of a variety More...
‘Joking Disease’ is No Laughing Matter, may be linked to mental illness
Melissa Dahl writes: Why did the cookie go to the hospital? Because he felt crummy. What did one snowman say to the other snowman? Smells like carrots. Why does Snoop Dogg carry an umbrella? Fo’ drizzle. It’s More...
