One Step Closer to a Diagnostic Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Disease
The high price tag of a PET scan as a diagnostic tool for Alzheimer’s disease places clinicians in a bind. Often leaving them in the position to rely on subjective remarks from patients when making a formal dementia diagnosis. However, recent advancements have been...Social Isolation: Our new normal is the regular normal for older adults by Paul Weiss, President of Oasis
Dolan Memory Care Homes visits with Paul Weiss, President of Senior Oasis who shares a smiliar passion with enriching older adult’s lives. Oasis’s mission is to promote health aging through lifelong learning, active lifestyles and volunteer engagement with seniors....Dolan geriatric social worker, Britney Burkart recognized as a Saint Bede Academy Bruin hero
Britney has been bridging the gap for families with daily phone calls, FaceTimes and pictures to help ease families’ minds during this unprecedented time. She has been the rock for families through assisting with care, ensuring resident well-being, while also...How Certain Personality Traits Increase or Decrease Risk for Dementia
Throughout the trajectory of our lives, we meet thousands of people, each with their own set of personality traits and quirks. Scientifically and psychologically speaking, there are about sixteen widely accepted personality types. These unique and distinctive set of...Does Doing Downward Dog Delay Dementia?
Exercise is a key component when implementing healthy lifestyle changes to prevent the onset of particular diseases like Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias. Prior research points to aerobic exercise being the most beneficial; however, this type of vigorous is...
