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...
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Rosemary Scent May Help You Remember!
Rosemary Scent Can Also Help You to Remember to Complete Tasks The scent of rosemary essential oil may improve the ability of people over 65 to remember events and to remember to complete tasks at particular times in the future, according to a study by post-graduate student Lauren Bussey, Lucy...
4 Things You Need to Know About a New Dementia Diagnosis (Video)
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...
4 Things You Need to Know About a New Dementia Diagnosis
4 Things You Need to Know About a New Dementia Diagnosis (From my Sixty and Me post on 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...
Brain Stimulating Activities < Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment - Video
Mentally Stimulating Activities Reduce the Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Engaging in some brain-stimulating activities was associated with a lower risk of developing MCI in a study of cognitively normal adults 70 and older, according to an article published by JAMA Neurology. Mild cognitive impairment (MC is the intermediate zone between...
Brain Stimulating Activities Decrease Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment
Mentally Stimulating Activities Reduce the Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Engaging in some brain-stimulating activities was associated with a lower risk of developing MCI in a study of cognitively normal adults 70 and older, according to an article published by JAMA Neurology. Mild cognitive impairment (MC is the intermediate zone between...
Improve Memory – Exercise May Help Ward Off Memory Decline
Improve Memory Exercise may be associated with a small benefit for elderly people who already have memory and thinking problems, according to new research in Neurology®, a medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The research involved people with vascular cognitive impairment, which is the second most common cause of dementia...
Losing Teeth Can Effect Cognitive Health
Losing Teeth Makes You Less Functional Maintaining good oral health may help older adults prevent a variety of health problems and disabilities. However, the effect of tooth loss on physical or cognitive health and well-being is unknown. In a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, researchers...
Most People With Vascular Dementia Not Yet Diagnosed (Video)
Dementia, including vascular dementia, affects 47 million people worldwide and this number will treble by 2050. Currently, only around half of those in high income countries, and one in ten or less in low and middle income countries have received a diagnosis. Expanding coverage of services for increasing numbers of...
Caffeine Health Effects-Women Drinking Coffee Have Reduced Dementia
36 Percent Reduction in the Risk of Dementia over 10 years Caffeine health effects positive in new study. Higher caffeine intake in women is associated with reduced odds of developing dementia or cognitive impairment, according to the results of a new study . Among a group of older women, self-reported...