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Assisted Living Providers Prepare for Rise in Dementia
“Alzheimer’s Disease Expected to Double According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the frequency of Alzheimer’s disease is expected to double by mid-century. Currently, someone is diagnosed with the disease every 66 seconds. By 2050, someone will receive an Alzheimer’s diagnosis once every 33 seconds.” Read more of this article here
When Pretend Play Is Real For Alzheimer’s Patients
“BEVERLY HILLS — Sitting beside a neatly made crib, 88-year-old Vivian Guzofsky held up a baby doll dressed in puppy dog pajamas. “Hello gorgeous,” she said, laughing. “You’re so cute.” Guzofsky, who has Alzheimer’s disease, lives on a secure memory floor of a home for seniors. Nearly every day, she visits the dolls in the home’s…
Doll Therapy May Help Calm People With Dementia, But It Has Critics
“Sitting beside a neatly made crib, 88-year-old Vivian Guzofsky holds up a baby doll dressed in puppy dog pajamas. “Hello gorgeous,” she says, laughing. “You’re so cute.” Guzofsky, who has Alzheimer’s disease, lives on a secure memory floor at a home for seniors in Beverly Hills, Calif.” Read more of this article here
TimeOut@UCLA – 2016 Programs of Distinction Designee
“TimeOut@UCLA trains and mobilizes undergraduate students to interact and provide companionship to elders with early-stage Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia while providing respite for family caregivers.” Read more of this article here
What People With Dementia Can Teach Us About the Arts
“When we talk about Artful Aging at Next Avenue, we aren’t talking about therapeutic arts. We’re talking about how actively engaging in the arts — producing creative work — helps healthy older adults age better.” Read more of this article here
Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Can Mean Steep Costs for Family Caregivers
“As the world marks Alzheimer’s Day on Wednesday, a new survey shows just how costly the disease can be for family caregivers.” Read more of this article here
Care home dementia study finds failure to reduce antipsychotic prescribing
“There has been no sustained reduction in the prescription of antipsychotics to UK dementia patients, despite government guidance, according to a report published in the medical journal BMJ Open. ” Read more of this article here
Alzheimer’s Association Launches ‘LGBT Dementia Care Project in San Francisco
“The Alzheimer’s Association, in partnership with Openhouse and Family Caregiver Alliance, on September 20 announced the launch of the “LGBT Dementia Care Project” in San Francisco.” Read more of this article here
Rats That Reminisce May Lead To Better Tests For Alzheimer’s Drugs
“What rats can remember may help people who forget. Researchers are reporting evidence that rats possess “episodic memories,” the kind of memories that allow us to go back in time and recall specific events.” Read more of this article here
Bearing the Financial Burden of Alzheimer’s
When Tom Allen’s wife received a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in 2010, the Minneapolis resident had to make some tough decisions. He quit his $60,000-a-year position running a nonprofit that served the homeless to take a $12-an-hour job as a janitor in the building they lived in, so he could keep an eye on…