My father, Martin Avadian, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at age 86 by a geriatric assessment team shortly before a cowboy invited him to participate in a clinical drug study[...]
Research on Impact of Death of a Family Member with Alzheimer’s Disease Elizabeth H. Arruda, BSN, RN is a distance Nursing PhD student at Rush University in Chicago working o[...]
The Banner Alzheimer’s Institute and Novartis are collaborating on a drug study to prevent beta amyloid plaques from accumulating in people’s brains. Whereas, treatment[...]
Each week, Alzheimer’s, dementia research, and caregiver-related articles fill my inbox. I consider publishing a handful with comments, an excerpt, and a link to the original[...]
November is National Family Caregivers & Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month In 1983, three years before his public letter of his own Alzheimer’s diagnosis, Preside[...]
I’ve been interested in the benefits of coconuts for the past eight years–from the refreshing water and rubber-like flesh of young (immature) coconuts enjoyed by people[...]
The Caregivers Voice debuts a new channel of offerings for caregivers – VIDEO. Everyone loves videos! Right? How else could YouTube rank as the second largest search e[...]
New research is Alzheimer’s comes across almost weekly. Yet, there’s no cure. One day, while researching something else, a scientist may find a cure. For now, the follo[...]
An Interview with Paula Spencer Scott – Author of Surviving Alzheimer’s The Caregiver’s Voice offers a twist to our REVIEW column with this interview with Paula S[...]
Late last year, a longtime caregiver sent me an article entitled, “New Method Predicts Time from Alzheimer’s Onset to Nursing Home, Death.” The article describes [...]
Please Sign this Petition to add Dementia Research and Prevention as a global priority at the G20 Summit Australia will host the next meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) in Novemb[...]
Diagnosing Dementia too early can be dangerous. For over a century, dementia could only be diagnosed after autopsy. This left millions of people with dementia and their families co[...]