If you think you need more energy to perform effectively as a caregiver, and if you want to try something that could improve the quality of life of your dementia care patient, please consider taking the time to read the articles, and then, introduce these healthy brain ideas into…

The brain’s capacity for memory, reasoning and comprehension skills (cognitive function) can start to deteriorate from age 45. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room Many of you won’t like or enjoy reading this research. This is not one of those studies where there is a very small sample. The…

Elder with dementia quarrels with her daughter about ordering dessert in a restaurant. Alzheimer’s Reading Room Tip of the hat to Carole Larkin for finding this one. Care to comment? Use the Add New Comment box below. I am interested in hearing your thoughts and perspective on this video….

Researchers found that boosting contrast in the living environment and also at the table enables people with dementia – who have lost the ability to distinguish between similar contrast objects – to move safely around their homes and improve their eating. By Bob DeMarco … The Alzheimer’s Reading Room is…

PUZZLES TO REMEMBER is a 501(c)3 organization that provides puzzles to nursing homes, veterans facilities, and other facilities that care for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients. Puzzles to Remember Today, to celebrate the New Year, I delivered puzzles to my 999th and 1000th facility. The facility with the 1000th designation…

We defend, protect, look after, and care for those living with Alzheimer’s disease. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room A person living with Alzheimer’s or any type of dementia is very fragile. You don’t hear much about this in the media, or when the so called experts are testifying…

Actually it is like I have two homes. The river home and the facility where some people end up living when they can never go home again. By Hugo (the Dog) Alzheimer’s Reading Room Hugo Hello my name is Hugo I am Mary and Aristides’s dog. I am now…

Police say the family of the alleged intruder, Ed Stevens, reported that Stevens suffered from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s Reading Room Officers say 75 year old Ed Stevens went out shopping today and instead ended up ramming his car into the garage of a home on Hilda Avenue…

“Never one to shrink from a challenge, Pat Summitt is raising awareness and funds to take on Alzheimer’s”. Alzheimer’s Reading Room Pat Summitt The Pat Summitt Foundation Fund believes no family should have to hear a diagnosis like Pat’s: early onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type. The Southeastern Conference in cooperation…

As many as 91 per cent of the patients with mild memory impairment who had these risk markers went on to develop Alzheimer’s within a ten-year period. Alzheimer’s Reading Room Right now, we diagnose Alzheimer’s after a person shows memory or behavior problems that cannot be explained by normal…