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Caregiving
- Coping with Emotional Changes
- Coping with Memory Loss
- Costs and Insurance
- Creating a Daily Routine
- Exercise
- Health and Wellbeing of the Caregiver
- Home Safety Adjustments
- Mental Exercises
- Respite Care
- Talking to Children about Alzheimer's
- Talking to Friends about Alzheimer's
- Telling Someone They Have Alzheimer's
- Transition to Assisted Living
- Transition to Nursing Home
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Alf Montessori-based Dementia Programming
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Can the Techniques Taught in Montessori Schools Help Elders with...
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Driving With Dementia
One might ask: Should someone with dementia continue to drive? The answer should be based on a case-by-case basis. For someone like me... Read more »
5 Findings About Global Response to Dementia from WHO/ADI Report
Based on my own observations, I've been saying for quite a while that Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias are a tsunami that... Read more »
A Primer On Living Choices For A Loved One With Dementia
When Mom was starting to have memory loss and severe breathing problems in 2002, she began to encourage Dad to consider moving... Read more »
Mixing Young and Old: How Children and Alzheimer's Patients Can...
For school children around the country, the lazy days of summer are nearing an end. They'll soon be engulfed in their busy days filled with... Read more »
From Our Sources
Internet-based program may aid diabetics
Diabetics who use online tools to manage their disease have improved blood sugar control, a new study has found. Researchers in Seattle say that... Read more »
No Need For Rehab Program Based on Type of Hip Fracture
Source: eOrthopod
Getting back on your feet after a hip fracture can be a challenge. Many older adults with a hip fracture never do return to their former walking... Read more »
Telephone-Based Program for Coping with Pain
Source: eOrthopod
Many treatment methods have been devised to treat chronic pain. But the Therapeutic Interactive Voice Response (TIVR) may be the first to prevent... Read more »
Dementia Isn't Just for the Well Off
(Ivanhoe Newswire) It's easy to presume Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia hit people in developed countries harder than those in the... Read more »
Internet-based therapy may treat insomnia
A new software that uses quizzes, stories, and games may help people who suffer from insomnia, experts say. The Sleep Healthy Using the Internet, or... Read more »
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