In an effort to make it easier for those suffering dementia to live independently instead of going to a nursing home, the Queen of Sweden (Queen Silvia), furniture maker Ikea, along with Skanska (a Swedish construction company) are teaming up to provide comfortable living solutions....
The U.S. National Institute of Aging (NIA) is giving the University of California, Berkley a five year grant expected to total $47 million to determine whether lifestyle changes will reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The study will be used to determine if lifestyle interventions...
An analysis from University of Pennsylvania researches of data from a study of 154,000 older patients over an eight year period indicates that patients who are given hormone-blocking prostate cancer treatment have an increased risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. Although the results are not proof, the...
Client, a 78 year old widow in the early stages of experiencing dementia, creates an irrevocable trust which gives her the right to occupy her homestead which was deeded into the trust. Her goal was to save her homestead (or the proceeds therefrom if sold...
The result of a clinical study entitled “Sprint Mind” seems to demonstrate that intensive treatment to reduce blood pressure (to a consistent systolic pressure of 120 or below) will significantly reduce mild cognitive impairment. Researchers reported a nineteen percent (19%) lower rate of new cases of...
On December 31, 2018, the President signed a bill (the “BOLD” Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act”) to amend existing law to increase funding by $100 million (see below) for the establishment or support of regional centers to address Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementia by: Advancing awareness of...
The following case is an example of how an entire estate was preserved for the benefit of an ill spouse and then for the children after her passing. The planning was done years ago, but the total savings were realized as of the date of...
In a time of partisan politics, there seems to be at least one issue that Democrats and Republicans agree – something should be done to combat Alzheimer’s Disease. Not only has Congress passed a $425 million increase in Alzheimer’s and Dementia research funding, which has...
As we learn more about the causes of dementia, growing evidence of a healthy lifestyle is likely to reduce the risk of decline. Here are some of the ways to lower your risk of dementia: Lower your blood pressure. Evidence is growing that the lower...
Dr. Barak Gaster, a University of Washington internist, has developed a five-page dementia–specific advance directive whereby patients indicate what type of medical treatment they would want if they have mild, moderate or severe dementia. At each phase of dementia, the patients are given 4 options...
British neuroscientist Joseph Jebelli predicts in his new book entitled “In Pursuit of Memory: The Fight Against Alzheimer’s” that a drug will be developed in the next 10 to 20 years that will be given to someone years before they start experiencing symptoms of Alzheimer’s...
Through bipartisan support, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has approved an additional $414 million increase in Alzheimer’s and dementia research. Congress has granted approval of similar increases in recent years and if this bill is signed into law, then federal funding into Alzheimer’s and dementia-related...
The Trump administration has announced that it will undo the rule originally issued by the Obama administration that prevented nursing homes from requiring residents or their representatives to resolve disputes by arbitration (instead of being able to sue) as a condition of admission to the...
According to preliminary research results, computer apps on i-Pads and other electronic devices could help those with Alzheimer’s disease and those inflicted with other forms of dementia who often become agitated as a result of the disease. Previously it has been determined that art therapy,...
The National Institute on Aging and scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital are working together to detect and track vascular dementia at an early stage by the use of biomarkers in small blood vessels. Small vessel disease is the most frequent type of vascular disease seen...
Usually the biggest asset that most Americans have is either a home or their retirement accounts or both. Americans are living longer than ever before, but most have inadequate long-term care insurance coverage. Most mistakenly think that Medicare will take care of them if they...
A Harvard research team has hypothesized that when a virus, fungus or bacterium gets into the brain through a membrane, which is likely to leak as we age, the brain’s defense system creates sticky proteins called beta amyloid. After the infection has been successfully fought,...
Based on an independent survey led by the RAND Corporation (financed by the federal government), it is projected that 9.1 million Americans age 71 or older will have dementia by year 2040. Presently about 15% of Americans 71 or older (3.8 million) have dementia. The survey...
One of the defendants (Mark McCay) in the case that raised the conscience of North Texans about elder abuse as chronicled in a 2006 series in the Dallas Morning News is presently facing charges of attempted theft of the Swiss Avenue mansion of the late...
