Sleeping Too Much? It May Be a Sign of Increased Dementia Risk Are you sleeping too much? Sleeping more than nine hours a day may be an early sign of degeneration of the brain and signify an increased risk of dementia in older people, according to a study published in Neurology®,...
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Music Therapy Improves Dementia Symptoms – Try My Concerts at Home-Video
Music Therapy Through One on One Concerts Personalized music therapy may help decrease antipsychotic use and improve dementia symptoms in individuals with dementia according to a new study in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. “Results from this study offer the first evidence that the M&M individualized...
4 Things You Need to Know About a New Dementia Diagnosis – Smilecast 83
4 Things You Need to Know About a New Dementia Diagnosis The recent PBS documentary, Alzheimer’s: Every Minute Counts, sounded an alarm and a wakeup call to the devastation being caused by dementia, including Alzheimer’s. As more and more people become impacted, it’s important to help family members, including children...
Obesity, High BP, Diabetes, Cholesterol > Alzheimer’s Risk – Smilecast 82
Findings Support Role of Vascular Disease in Development of Alzheimer’s Disease Among adults who entered a study more than 25 years ago, an increasing number of midlife vascular risk factors, such as obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol and smoking, were associated with elevated levels of brain amyloid (protein...
Our Friday Song of the Week – My Way
Our Friday Song of the Week – My Way
Jobs After 60 – Charlotte Today
Jobs After 60 – My Segment from Charlotte Today I addressed Jobs After 60 on Charlotte Today. Here is the intro. Many people are working well beyond the traditional retirement age, partly out of necessity and partly because they still want to contribute and are not ready to retire. Whether...
Jobs After 60 – Charlotte Today – Smilecast 81
Jobs After 60 – My Segment from Charlotte Today I addressed Jobs After 60 on Charlotte Today. Here is the intro. Many people are working well beyond the traditional retirement age, partly out of necessity and partly because they still want to contribute and are not ready to retire. Whether...
Better Hygiene, Higher Risk of Alzheimer’s – Huh!! – Smilecast 80
Better Hygiene Linked to Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s – Hear This Out! With all the emphasis on hand hygiene to prevent infection and the whole hullababllo over hospital acquired infections comes this story. Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Department of Anthropology, University of Utah have suggested that better...
THE BENEFITS OF GRATEFUL LIVING
Why It is Important to Show Your Gratitude (from Sixty and Me) Kristi Nelson is the executive director of a Network for Grateful Living. I was particularly interested in the topic of gratitude because – of all the traits I observe in older adults living a quality life – that...