Music Therapy is becoming a powerful tool in the treatment of Alzheimer’s and Dementia. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room If you watch around the watch around the 2 minute mark (2:15), you might get an interesting idea for a game you can play. Don’t have much to say,…

Carole Larkin suggests some potential solutions to this problem which happens with Alzheimer’s patients. By Carole B. Larkin Alzheimer’s Reading Room A reader is looking for solutions to a problem. Dear Carole, I live in Vermont and am the oldest child of my 88 year old mother with AD…

The hippocampus shrinks before and during the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, but other factors, such as vascular risk factors and normal aging, also lead to the decrease in size. Alzheimer’s Reading Room Sudha Seshadri An international team of researchers led by the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has…

By Nancy Emerson Lombardo, PhD, Guest Blogger, Creator of the Memory Preservation Nutrition®Program Eggs are the victim of misunderstanding and misinformation. In his terrific article “The Truth About Eggs,” nutritionist Eric Reardon reviews the latest evidence that not only are eggs, in moderation, not dangerous for the heart, they…

Hope is a positive emotional state that is the opposite of despair. Hope removes the blinders of fear and despair. Hope opens up our minds and allows us to think positive under dire circumstances. Hope provides us with the psychological and emotion energy to accomplish what those without hope…

Understanding Alzheimer’s is about building trust and understanding with the person who is “deeply forgetful.” By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room When most people think about Alzheimer’s or dementia they think about a person that can’t remember. This can be confusing because for a long time most persons living…

Normally referred to as “very severe cognitive decline” or “late-stage Alzheimer’s,” this is when the patient is completely unable to care for himself or herself. By Kevin Clarke These days, many people suffer from the debilitating effects of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is a neurologically degenerative condition, which leads to…

2012 Health Rankings show what influences how healthy residents are, how long they live. Alzheimer’s Reading Room More than 3,000 counties and the District of Columbia can compare how healthy their residents are and how long they live with the 2012 County Health Rankings. The Rankings are an annual…

Alzheimer’s patients make memorable art and more. Alzheimer’s Reading Room Alzheimer’s patients make memorable art Beth Reilly had never known her husband, Ken, as an artist, a painter. Alzheimer’s disease has introduced that side of him to her, even as she loses the rest of the man she’s known…

Music brings out the “More There” in Alzheimer’s Patients. New video alerts the public to this phenomena. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room On Tuesday, Carole Larkin wrote an article, Music and Memory, An Old Man’s Reaction to Hearing “His” Music , that included a video of a man…