A new podcast, Dementia Untangled, brings together experts to help #caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s and #dementia learn ways to better navigate their complicated roles and provide informed care. Listen today: https://bit.ly/3esD48X.
Dementia Friendly America Announces New Podcast for Caregivers Read More »
Watch these DFA guidance videos with step-by-step instructions on becoming a nationally recognized Dementia Friendly Community
Community Health Workers: A Resource for Healthy Aging and Addressing Dementia, is a valuable tool to use and pass along to communities that include resources & trainings for Community Health Workers. Download your copy today!
Check Out the New Community Health Workers Resource Guide Read More »
Looking for information about Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias? Check out the new Alzheimers.gov website! Find #Alzheimers and related dementias information, resources, research, and more!
Introducing the New Alzheimers.gov! Read More »
Scientists continue to unravel the complex brain changes involved in the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease. It seems likely that changes in the brain may begin a decade or more before memory and other cognitive problems appear. This four-minute video, How Alzheimer’s Changes the Brain, shows how Alzheimer’s affects the brain and looks at promising
Video: How does Alzheimer’s Disease Change the Brain? Read More »
Dementia with Lewy bodies is often hard to diagnose because its early symptoms may resemble those of Alzheimer’s or a psychiatric illness. The good news is that doctors are increasingly able to diagnose Lewy body dementia earlier and more accurately as researchers identify which symptoms and biomarkers (biological signs of disease) help distinguish it from similar
Diagnosing Lewy body dementia Read More »
Primary Progressive Aphasia – What You Need to Know Primary Progressive Aphasia, or PPA, is a form of dementia that causes increasing difficulties with wordfinding, grammar production, and/or word comprehension over time. Personality and thinking skills such as memory and face recognition are initially preserved in this condition. PPA can be caused by Alzheimer’s Disease
PPA: What You Need to Know Read More »
As part of the annual Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias events hosted by NIH, NIA was set to host the 2020 Dementia Care, Caregiving, and Services summit this past March. While the COVID-19 pandemic and physical distancing guidance kept us from hosting that meeting as planned, we have been hard at work thinking about how
NIA Announces a Summer Virtual Meeting Series to Engage the Dementia Care Community Read More »
