Dementia Resources - new from American Psychological Association
APA resources related to dementia on one page -http://www.apa.org/pi/aging/resources/dementia-efforts.aspx
These are freely available resources....
- 35 Year Study Finds Exercise Reduces Risk of Dementia
- A Risk in Caring for Abusive Parents
- A cup of coffee a day may keep retinal damage away, study shows
- Aged Care needs to be more "Adult" about Sexuality
- Alzheimer's Australia launches video challenging Aussies to end dementia stigma and create dementia-friendly communities
- Assertive Community Treatment for Elderly Patients With Severe Mental Illness
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
- Benzodiazepine use may raise risk of Alzheimer’s disease
- Broader definition of successful aging could influence research, clinical practice and health policy
- Dementia Resources - new from American Psychological Association
- First-generation antipsychotic use correlated to hospitalization
- Guidelines for the Prevention of Stroke in Women
- Having a sense of purpose may add years to your life
- How a Woman’s Personality May Double Her Alzheimer’s Risk
- Initiatives to Motivate Change: A Review of Theory and Practice and Their Implications for Older Adults
- Knowing Alzheimer's Risk Status Affects Memory Performance
- Late starters' still have much to gain by exercising
- Memory Slips May Signal Increased Risk of Dementia Years Later
- Middle-Aged People With Diabetes Are Particularly Vulnerable to Cognitive Impairment
- Movie about Glen Campbell and his perseverance in spite of Alzheimer's disease
- New Alzheimer's-related memory disorder identified
- New Scientist Article on Dementia
- New compound developed that may have treatment potential for Alzheimer's disease
- New database helps clinicians, researchers find instruments to detect cognitive impairment in older adults
- Newest APA Public Interest blog: Memory and Aging: Fears, Fallacies and Facts
- Overweight not linked with higher risk of mortality in older adults.
- Physical activity helps maintain mobility in older adults
- Program to Reverse Memory Loss Targets Lifestyle
- Reading glasses should be a staple supply at facilities treating seniors, a psychiatrist suggests
- SOCIAL NETWORKS LINKED TO BETTER HEALTH FOR OLDER ADULTS
- Self-rated physical fitness in midlife an indicator of dementia risk
- Senior Care Technology
- Spectacular Salsa - Paddy & Nico
- The Demographics of Ageing
- Unemployment found to make us age prematurely
- Up to 80 per cent of dementia patients in aged care facilities restrained with psychotropic drugs: report
- Vision problems increase the risk of death in older people
- Watch retirees' version of Pharrell Williams' Happy video
- World Elder Abuse Day
- Young blood recharges old brains