Alzheimers Care Colorado Blog
When Alzheimers is part of your life, whether personally or with someone you love, it’s important to have resources to turn to, and that’s why we created the Alzheimers Care Colorado blog. Let us be a resource for basics on caring for a loved one with Alzheimers, understanding your options, and how to manage this illness.
Study: Low Serotonin Levels Linked to Dementia
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Summary: In a study looking at brain scans of people with mild loss of thought and memory ability, researchers report evidence of lower levels of the serotonin transporter -- a natural brain chemical that regulates mood, sleep and...
Are Friends Better for us than Family?
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The power of friendship gets stronger with age and may even be more important than family relationships, indicates new research by a Michigan State University scholar. In a pair of studies involving nearly 280,000 people, William Chopik found...
Alzheimer’s begins before symptoms appear
Alzheimer’s disease begins destroying the brain years before mental deterioration is detected, a new study suggests. This finding means there could be twice the number of people with the neurodegenerative disease in the United States — and worldwide — as currently...
Alzheimer’s disease likely not caused by low body mass index
A new large-scale genetic study found that low body mass index (BMI) is likely not a causal risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, as earlier research had suggested, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &...
Alzheimer’s risk factors study calls out obesity in midlife
Healthy aging of the brain relies on the health of your heart and blood vessels when you’re younger, a new study reports. People with risk factors for heart disease and stroke in middle age are more likely to have elevated levels of amyloid, a sticky protein known to...
Alzheimer’s: The disease that could bankrupt Medicare
Every 66 seconds this year, an American will develop Alzheimer's disease, according to the Alzheimer's Association annual report, released Tuesday. By the year 2050, that number is expected to double to one every 33 seconds. Those startling statistics are mirrored...
How therapy animals help those living with dementia
When I worked in long-term care facilities with those on their dementia journey, I saw the benefits of animal-assisted pet therapy firsthand. People living with dementia often feel isolated, depressed and without purpose. Yet my coworkers and I saw the residents...
Alzheimer’s Caregiving Tips: Strategies for Success
Educate yourself about the disease. A variety of valuable information around Alzheimer’s disease and related illnesses can be found on our website at www.alzfdn.org. Support groups, educational workshops, and utilizing community resources and professionals will also...
Researchers Find Link Between Alzheimer’s and Heart Disease
Researchers found beta amyloid deposits, which are associated with Alzheimer’s disease, accumulated in cardiac tissue of people with Alzheimer’s. The results led them to conclude that Alzheimer’s may be a systemic disease or a metastatic disorder leading to heart and...
Loneliness Linked to Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease
Loneliness in cognitively normal older adults may actually be an early manifestation of Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research based on data from the Harvard Aging Brain Study. Loneliness may be associated with significant amyloid deposits, “suggesting that...