2012 Listserve Articles
'It Takes a Village' Approach Improves Dementia Care and Informs Research, Study Shows
A Nursing Home Shrinks Until It Feels Like a Home
A Sharper Mind, Middle Age and Beyond
A love story that sparked a fashion empire
Active brain may ward off Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's patients get a trip down memory lane Care home recreates 1950s street... including a pub
Alzheimer’s Tied to Mutation Harming Immune Response
Anxiety linked to shortened telomeres, accelerated aging
Assistance Dogs Enhance Independence in Dementia
Computer Use and Exercise Combo May Reduce the Odds of Having Memory Loss
Cutting Daily Sitting Time to Under Three Hours Might Extend Life by Two Years
Dark Chocolate Could Prevent Heart Problems in High-Risk People
Delirium increases dementia risk in the very old
Eating Fish Reduces Risk of Alzheimer's Disease
Eliminating Visual Clutter Helps People With Mild Cognitive Impairment
Enhancing Cognition in Older Adults Also Changes Personality
Exercise and Alzheimer's Disease
Exercise and Caffeine Change Your DNA in the Same Way, Study Suggests
Exergaming and Older Adult Cognition A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial
Footprints to Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer’s Are Seen in Gait
For the Elderly, Emergency Rooms of Their Own (from today's NYTimes)
Four Common Antipsychotic Drugs Found to Lack Safety and Effectiveness in Older Adults
Frailty criteria and cognitive performance are related
France Seeks New Ways to Manage Alzheimer's Care (from the Wall Street Journal)
Happiness wave study reveals happy pensioners, and debunks middle-age blues myth
Harmful effects of ceasing antidepressants in dementia
It Could Be Old Age, or It Could Be Low B12
It Doesn’t Mean You’re Crazy – Talking to Yourself Has Cognitive Benefits, Study Finds
Johns Hopkins surgeons implant first brain 'pacemaker' for Alzheimer's disease
Keeping Older Drivers On the Road
Mediterranean Diet Gives Longer Life, Swedish Study Suggests
Memory Fitness Program Improves Memory Abilities of Oldest Adults
More active treatment of depression in older women needed
Physical Fitness Trumps Body Weight in Reducing Death Risks
Q&A with Dr. Gary Small on aging and dementia
Second-Hand Smoking Damages Memory
Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Add a Decade or More Healthy Years to the Average Lifespan
Smoking Associated With More Rapid Cognitive Decline in Men
Smoking May Lead to Cataracts in Aging Population
Use It or Lose It: Mind Games Help Healthy Older People Too
Will-to-live and survival in a 10-year follow-up among older people
YouTube videos on communication and memory strategies for carers of people with dementia