Exercise, diet may help protect brain from dementia – Tallahassee.com


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Pembroke van driver allegedly “targeted” dementia victims by routes he drove – Enterprise News


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Pembroke van driver allegedly “targeted” dementia victims by routes he drove
Enterprise News
All have Alzheimer's disease or dementia, and Buckingham said one of them is also physically disabled. The alleged assaults occurred in Hanson, Norwell, Plymouth and Halifax. McNeil will be arraigned separately in the Hingham court Oct. 5 for the ...

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Alzheimer’s patient’s friends have withdrawn: Caregiver SOS – Toronto Star


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Alzheimer's patient's friends have withdrawn: Caregiver SOS
Toronto Star
It is a complicated one, as dementia presents many issues for the individual, the caregiver, and the social circle around them. The first question I would ask is whether her friends have actually been told that there is an illness present. It is often ...
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Workshop for caregivers is being offeredLockport Union-Sun & Journal
Workshop offered for dementia caregiversMassLive.com
Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving aims to give hope to caregiversThe Albany Herald

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How to prevent wandering in loved ones with dementia – Atlanta Journal Constitution


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How to prevent wandering in loved ones with dementia
Atlanta Journal Constitution
My husband is 85 and has Alzheimer's disease and I am his primary caregiver. It's getting more difficult for me as his disease progresses but I want to continue for as long as I can, in order to preserve our money for as long as possible. My biggest ...

Pioneering project to make St Andrews a Dementia Friendly Community – The Courier


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Pioneering project to make St Andrews a Dementia Friendly Community
The Courier
The automatic reaction of the shop keeper might be to phone the police. But what if the shopkeeper was a trained dementia friend and suspected the man may have Alzheimer's Disease and subsequent memory problems? Would the response be different?

Winsford woman urges people to help her fight back against dementia – Winsford Guardian


Winsford Guardian

Winsford woman urges people to help her fight back against dementia
Winsford Guardian
TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Winsford woman Emma Gelsthorpe is urging other families to join her to fight back at dementia when she takes on the first Alzheimer Society's Cheshire Memory Walk. Emma will be completing the walk at Delamere Forest on ...
Speakers to Alzheimer's walkers: You're not aloneWiscNews
Thousands of people take part in Memory Walk in Cardiff and raise nearly £240000 for Alzheimer's researchWalesOnline
'A stranger in her own home' -- Hundreds 'Walk to End Alzheimer's'Daytona Beach News-Journal
The Batavian -North Country Now
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You’re not alone with dementia – DPS News


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You're not alone with dementia
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Research, released by Alzheimer's Australia as part of Dementia Awareness month, shows that people living with dementia are some of the loneliest people in Australia. Compared to the general public people with dementia and their carers are ...

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GRBJ: Doctor provides brain training to fight Alzheimer’s, dementia – WZZM13.com


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GRBJ: Doctor provides brain training to fight Alzheimer's, dementia
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He said four out of the five causes behind Alzheimer's disease, dementia and other cognitive impairments can be treated, and symptoms can be reversed. Fotuhi said it's important for people to realize only 11 to 14 percent of the elderly have pure ...

New online platform created to aid families of people with Alzheimer’s – Citizens Voice


New online platform created to aid families of people with Alzheimer's
Citizens Voice
A new alert system will help find people with Alzheimer's disease and dementia who wandered away or got lost. Home Instead Senior Care recently rolled out Missing Senior Network, a free online resource that notifies users by text and email to be on the ...

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Speakers to Alzheimer’s walkers: You’re not alone – WiscNews


Speakers to Alzheimer's walkers: You're not alone
WiscNews
The 10th annual Columbia/Marquette County Alzheimer's Walk focused a spotlight not only on various forms of dementia, but also on Portage's leadership in serving the families of people who have everything from occasional but worrisome memory lapses to ...