Last week I attended the 23rd Annual Caregiver Conference, Shedding Light on Dementia Care. Ronald P. Culberson, author of Is Your Glass Laugh Full? opened the session. His speech titled, ""Humor and Caregiving: How to Lighten Up When Things Get...

In July of this year, Reuters reported that new tests assessing brain changes and body chemistry are showing promise at diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in its earliest stages. Studies presented at an Alzheimer's Association meeting in Vienna, Austria...

Although there is still no conclusive test for the determination of Alzheimer's disease (AD), there is hope and occasionally, new information. Last month, Science Daily reported that: Elderly people exhibiting memory disturbances that do not affect...

How is dementia different from Alzheimer's disease? According to ezinearticles.com author Molly Shomer, she says that the term dementia seems to be preferred over Alzheimer's disease possibly because of the less frightening connotation and that many...

Just what is Alzheimer's disease (AD)? Everyone seems to agree that it is the most common form of dementia accounting for at least half of all dementia cases. (See previous post on discussion of dementia). There is also agreement that in advanced...