Alzheimer Society mission - To alleviate the personal and social consequences of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and to promote the search for causes, treatments and a cure.
The Alzheimer Society of Canada's Landmark Study uses data modeling to predict the country's future with dementia.
Learn about dementia, a term used to describe conditions that cause the loss of the ability to think, remember, and reason. (From The National Institute on Aging)
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Many factors may influence your risk of dementia, including genes, environment, and lifestyle. You can’t change some factors, but, as with many diseases, there may be steps you can take to help lower your risk.
Young or early onset refers to people under 65 who develop dementia, a term doctors use when brain illness or brain changes make it hard for someone to remember, think, see, move, communicate or connect.
Alzheimer's disease is a brain disorder that gradually impairs memory, cognitive abilities, and the capacity to perform simple tasks.
Dementia is not a part of normal aging. If you think that these problems are affecting your daily life, or the life of someone you know, you should consult your doctor.
What is early onset dementia and the importance of early detection.
Deterioration Cognitive Observee (DECO) - The DECO questionnaire is to be completed by a person, such as a family member, who has had at least monthly contact with the client for the last 3 years
Alzheimer's is a long, chronic process that leads to brain changes, likely starting decades before symptoms appear. It has been challenging for scientists to determine the precise triggers and causes of the many symptoms of Alzheimer's.
This video covers types of challenging behaviors in Alzheimer's and provides six tips to help caregivers manage these behaviors.
Special Challenges for Parents who Are the Primary FTD Caregivers. When your spouse is diagnosed with a terminal, degenerative illness, you suffer relentless, devastating loss with no apparent resolution long before that person’s physical death.
VIDEO: Understand how dementia affects communication and learn some useful tips and strategies for your conversations with people living with dementia as they progress through the stages of the disease.
Gerontologist Jay Olshansky and his coauthors predict that the era of rapid increases in human life expectancy has ended. Their analysis of lifespan data from Australia, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States was published recently in the journal Nature Aging.
Receipt of a newer recombinant version of a shingles vaccine is associated with a significant delay in dementia diagnosis in older adults, a new study suggests.
Currently, confirming beta-amyloid buildup requires expensive brain scans or invasive spinal taps. That's where blood screening tests could play a role.
In addition to managing the challenges of caring for a person with a chronic disease such as dementia, caregivers need to attend to their health needs so as to prevent the onset of disease and increase overall quality of life.
A recent Stanford Research Study suggests that aging occurs in at least two accelerated bursts rather than a slow and steady process.
Nice has compiled an online library of resources and information tools on Aging in Canada. Topics: caregiving, mental health, finance, legal, elder abuse, physical health & addiction.
