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Music is incredibly important for enhancing brain development. Numerous sources, including Time Magazine, have published articles...
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Dementia Society of America
- Nov 24, 2017
- 2 min
Make Your Bed
On the surface, the idea of making your bed might seem mundane. However, there are significant benefits to making your bed each morning....
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Dementia Society of America
- Nov 15, 2017
- 3 min
Finding Ways to Reduce the Stress of Caregiving
Family caregivers often feel stressed, exhausted, anxious, sad, angry, and sometimes hostile. However, caring for a person who has...
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Dementia Society of America
- Oct 27, 2017
- 2 min
Memory Loss and Family History
Late-stage Dementia can create an inability to retell specific personal and family histories. Dementia might make long-held treasured...
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Dementia Society of America
- Oct 19, 2017
- 4 min
Hearing Test Protocol For Those With Dementia
For most of us, we are busy with our daily lives engulfed with family activities, work, education, and all the things that consume our...
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Dementia Society of America
- Sep 15, 2017
- 3 min
Alzheimer's Disease-Type Dementia
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is thought to be the most common kind of Dementia. Researchers estimate that as many as 5.4 million people...
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Dementia Society of America
- Sep 15, 2017
- 3 min
What Causes Dementia?
We don't know exactly. What actually causes dementia is a difficult question. There is an infinite number of factors that singly or in...
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Dementia Society of America
- Sep 5, 2017
- 3 min
Money Does Matter
For many families, finances and the cost of dementia care can be one of their greatest worries. Families hope there are sufficient assets...
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Dementia Society of America
- Aug 15, 2017
- 2 min
Symptoms for Vascular Dementia can Vary Widely
Vascular Dementia may account for 12 to 20 percent of all Dementias, and is the second most common age-related Dementia.1 Unlike the...
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Dementia Society of America
- Jul 15, 2017
- 2 min
How to Distinguish Dementia with Lewy Bodies From Other Types
Lewy Body Dementia (named after Frederich Heinrich Lewy, who in 1912 described the disease) is a spectrum disorder described by a rapid...
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Janet Shagham
- Jun 15, 2017
- 3 min
Identifying Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
#FTD #Frontotemporal #Dementia The recent revelation that actor, Bruce Willis, is living with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) is a reason...
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Dementia Society of America
- May 17, 2017
- 3 min
What is Your Compass Rose?
Have you ever taken a cruise, or even thought about doing so? Getting aboard a cruise ship for the first time and not knowing what is...
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Dementia Society of America
- Apr 17, 2017
- 2 min
Special Needs Trust Planning for the Future
Dementia is costly, both financially and emotionally. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with Dementia, you are probably...
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Dementia Society of America
- Mar 16, 2017
- 2 min
Drinking and Dementia: What is the Connection?
The health benefits that various foods and diets to improve overall health or lower risk for disease is a newsworthy topic. Some articles...
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Dementia Society of America
- Feb 15, 2017
- 3 min
Getting the Caregiving Help You Need From Family and Friends
"We need to make it right before it goes wrong." What a wonderful expression! The phrase gives you permission to say, "I need your help."...
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Dementia Society of America
- Jan 15, 2017
- 2 min
Exercise with Someone for Good Brain Health
Exercising with someone might sound simple enough, but there are profound benefits from having an exercise partner that is worth...
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Dementia Society of America
- Dec 30, 2016
- 3 min
Creating a Dementia-Friendly Home
The words “house” and “home” aren’t the same. For most people, the word “house” produces a mental image of a building. In contrast, the...
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Dementia Society of America
- Dec 15, 2016
- 2 min
Can we Broaden the Conversation to the Benefit of All?
The question is: what can we do to raise the level of awareness for all forms of Dementia, that would also include Alzheimer's? Can we,...
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Dementia Society of America
- Nov 15, 2016
- 4 min
Curing Disease: More Insight Instead of Mere Effort
Curing disease correlates with insight, not blind effort. There is an eternal trade-off between insight and effort. If we think...
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Dementia Society of America
- Nov 1, 2016
- 2 min
The Creative Spirit and Music
Music connects people to their life history and culture. Music transports people back to happy and sad places such as having attended a...
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