September is World Alzheimer’s Month — a great time to learn more about how your amazing brain creates, stores and retrieves memories. Bestselling author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova teaches how to boost brain health in her four-week TED Course. Our brains are truly breathtaking–and perhaps the

The AgingWell Hub, in partnership with the National Alliance for Caregiving, has created an integrated journey map for those caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. The map can be used to identify opportunities to provide support and intervention for caregivers, and in turn, to b

The drug that I represented while working as a Pharma Rep was for COPD, Spiriva, from Boehringer Ingelheim. Our training was three weeks of eight-hour days. Toward the end, they had us do a demonstration that would drive home to us how horrible COPD is. We were each given a straw and a clothespin

I was part of a team (stepmom and 3 siblings) that took care of my dad for the last 2 years of his life when he was in his 80s and was living at home. He had mobility issues along with gout and kidney problems. We all had discrete roles as all the kids worked full time. Since I was a lawyer, my role

Anosognosia "Those who are conscious of being forgetful have no serious problem of memory." In the following analysis, the French Professor Bruno Dubois Director of the Institute of Memory and Alzheimer's Disease (IMMA) at La Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris Hospitals, addresses the subject in a rather re

We are constantly hearing stories and advice about the importance of exercising to stay fit. And while the good condition of our body is essential for our good health, we must not neglect our mind, for it is the beginning and ending of everything. The brain, just like your biceps and gluteus, i

Want a first-hand look at what it takes to care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s? Watch this MSNBC interview with Ben Bradlee’s widow, Sally Quinn. http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/quinn-taking-care-of-husband-most-meaningful-thing-1047366211756 #caregiving #alzheimers

You’re going to hear a lot from us about how technology can help us live independently longer as we age. Parallel to that goal: How can technology help family caregivers worry less, toil less and love more? In their efforts to support healthy aging, IBM and its Cognitive Horizons network of unive

My sister and I were caregivers for our mother and father who had dementia/Alzheimer’s and mobility issues. They lived at home and at an assisted living facility. The challenges varied day-to-day. I found myself constantly overcoming many problems in dealing with the failing health of my parents.

Over a period of many years I was the primary caregiver for her mother and twin aunts. I had to manage them with dementia/Alzheimer’s and mobility in a combination of assisted living places and in home care. My mother was originally able to stay home, but then was situated in two different skill