Alzheimers and Dementia Blog - Alzheimers Association of Northern California and Northern Nevada Blog
We received a call a few weeks ago from one of our volunteer support group facilitators who was working with a woman who had a distressing experience while out in the community with her...
Memories in the Making is an Alzheimer’s Association art therapy program for individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. Volunteer facilitators help people with dementia – many of whom often have no art background –...
I have shared before that my maternal grandmother and my wife’s mom were lost to Alzheimer’s. We lost my grandmother in a time when the professionals and family said she was “senile.” My mother-in-law...
Memories in the Making is an Alzheimer’s Association art therapy program for individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. Volunteer facilitators help people with dementia – many of whom often have no art background –...
It’s only February and work on Walk to End Alzheimer’s 2012 is in full swing! While I’m busy travelling across the chapter meeting with volunteers and staff to set our walk fundraising goals, your local...
We’ve received quite a few questions recently about whether or not coconut oil can be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease. This is a topic that comes up often, so I thought it would be helpful...
Memories in the Making is an Alzheimer’s Association art therapy program for individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. Volunteer facilitators help people with dementia – many of whom often have no art background –...
Yesterday, the New York Times reported on a new study published in PLoS One, in which scientists created an entirely new mouse model for Alzheimer’s disease that sheds more light on how the disease...