As a child, I took dance lessons. I would twirl through the grocery store, leap from aisle to aisle and dance anywhere I could….
During the coronavirus pandemic, residents in home care and long-term care facilities alike are experiencing immense feelings of isolation and loneliness. Isolation and loneliness…
Millions of Americans live with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia — and millions more take care of them. By 2050, cases of Alzheimer’s…
In her new book Creative Care: A Revolutionary Approach to Dementia and Elder Care, Dr. Anne Basting explores the benefits of performance and theatre…
A closer look at a one-patient stem-cell therapy experiment to treat Parkinson’s. For decades, research has been conducted on the potential of transplanting healthy…
Eugenia Zukerman, 72, left the hospital, jumped on the subway and headed back to her apartment. She sat at her desk and stared aimlessly…
More than a century after its discovery, Alzheimer’s disease still has no definitive cure, and hundreds of drugs and chemical trials have hit dead…
When I was pregnant with my daughter 21 years ago, family and friends suggested that I hire a baby nurse to help for the…
The earlier we can diagnose Alzheimer’s, the better. This is why scientists are putting so much focus on the human eye. While the exact…
With aging comes concern about developing Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia, and every lapse in memory or attention can feel like the…
“You realize that it’s not the journey that you chose, but it’s the journey that you got. How are you going to make the…
I should have known that there was a stigma that surrounds Alzheimer’s disease, because when I learned of my dad’s diagnosis, I felt like…
Scientists are confident that artificial intelligence can help us improve Alzheimer’s prediction and diagnosis — the question is exactly how. Around the world, researchers…
Last September, long before COVID-19, quarantines and national lockdowns, I visited a memory care facility in Princeton, New Jersey. A friend worked there and…
The coronavirus outbreak, and the social distancing it has mandated, is transforming the way people visit their doctors. For older adults, including people living…