dementia-care

Reducing dementia risk
Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work – research is investigating how to counteract addiction’s effect

Alcohol and other drugs can overpower the reward pathways of the brain... But in recent years, we have learned that brain gene activity can be changed with lifestyle, thereby reducing the risk of dementia. Lifestyle practices can promote physical and mental health.   Author: Karla Kaun, Brown University Many people [...]

2024-01-25T23:37:52-06:00January 23rd, 2024|Categories: General, Mindful Presence|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments
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“ElectroConvulsive Therapy” (ECT) for people living with dementia – Where’s our humanity?

“I believe dementia is the greatest shame of modern medicine; not because there have been no significant advances in treatment, but because - from restraints, to locked units, to antipsychotics, to ECT - we have lost our recognition of the humanity of those living with the diagnosis. And there are [...]

2021-10-30T23:07:49-05:00September 29th, 2020|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments
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The Self in Dementia is Not Lost

I was offered a “pass.” It was a routine appointment approximately one year following Mother’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s in late 1997.  The physician quietly handed over to me a written order saying, “Admission to nursing home.” And then he waited silently for my response. Having toured the area nursing homes [...]

2020-07-27T00:44:05-05:00July 12th, 2020|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Mindful Presence
The Self in Dementia is Not Lost
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