An Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
The benefits to maintaining a healthy schedule of physical activity for brain health are well known, but randomized control trials in the NIA study were inconsistent.
By Chloe Elmer
As drug trials for treating Alzheimer’s disease have repeatedly yielded negative results, the focus shifts to early-stage prevention. And one report said inconclusive evidence should not discourage adults from the healthy-brain strategies investigated.
By Chloe Elmer
As the cost of caregiving for the four-to-five million Americans currently living with dementia continues to increase, many are looking for alternative treatment and disease management.
One such option is Glenner Town Square, a “dementia village” designed to replicate experiences from the 1950s and 1960s, coming soon to San Diego.
“People with dementia need to feel like they’re part of the human race,” Dr. Jason Karlawish, co-director of the Penn Memory Center, told CNBC. “And so we need new approaches that aren’t just biomedical.”
By Terrence Casey
Two Penn Memory Center scholars — Shana Stites, PsyD, and Karolina Lempert, PhD — were recently awarded grants that will advance “not only their careers but as well the field of Alzheimer’s disease research,” PMC leadership said.
Join the Ralston Center October 11 for an expert discussion on how to care for someone with dementia or another cognitive impairment. Listen to real-world case examples and strategies to cope with increasingly difficult, confused, or erratic behavior. Discover resources available to help you.
“Caring for an Older Adult with Dementia”
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
October 11, 2017
Ralston Center
3615 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
Lunch to follow
Registration Required
Philadelphia artist Patricia Moss-Vreeland held a free, one-time workshop at the Penn Memory Center clinic at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Participants were led on a tour of the gallery she has exhibited until October on the second floor of the south pavilion, and then were encouraged to let creativity flow while making collage-type pieces. She is the author of the book, “A Place for Memory: Where Art and Science Meet,” published in 2013.
After undergoing a complete renovation, Making Sense of Alzheimer’s is back!
Making Sense of Alzheimer’s is a creative space for people to understand the past, present and future of Alzheimer’s disease. It features stories and ideas that tackle the changing understanding of what Alzheimer’s disease is and how we try to make sense of it in our lives. The voices of patients, scientists, writers, caregivers, students, singers, doctors, and artists are expressed here through words, images, and sounds. The website is an evolving forum, a gallery of ideas, a museum without walls.
1 p.m. Monday, September 18
Drug companies have spent billions of dollars on it. Academics have devoted decades to it. So where are the new drugs for Alzheimer’s disease?
STAT reporters Sharon Begley and Damian Garde will moderate a chat with Dr. Reisa Sperling of Brigham and Women’s Hospital — one of the world’s leading experts on Alzheimer’s disease — to answer just that.
Last week, the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) Subcommittee proposed a $414 million increase for Alzheimer’s research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for fiscal year 2018. This announcement comes following similar action by the House Appropriations Committee in July.
The Senate Appropriations Committee is expected to act on the funding bill this week.
As adults age, they have seven common priorities, according to research conducted by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Of those priorities, health is No. 1, and neurodegeneration is by far the biggest concern.
“Cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s is the scariest disabling condition,” Surya Kolluri, Managing Director of Policy and Market Planning at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said in a recent video published by d.health Summit. In fact, research participants were more concerned about cognitive decline than all other “disabling conditions” combined, he said.
The United States is struggling to care for its elders. About 90 percent of Americans want to age at home, but many of them have to rely on paid care workers, because their families can’t provide the support they need.
Told through the stories of both care workers and their clients, Care illuminates the many challenges and deep attachments that can be formed between the elderly and the home care workers they depend on — and exposes the cracks in a system that is poorly serving both.
The film introduces viewers to Vilma, an undocumented immigrant who is the lifeline for a 92-year-old living alone. Another care worker, Laurie, has grown deeply attached to a client who waits for a lung transplant. And we meet another family in crisis: Toni’s husband’s illness requires 24/7 care and is overwhelming his family. She asks their caregiver, anxiously, “You’re not going to quit, are you?”
With more than 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, the stress for care workers has never been greater.
Watch the compete documentary here. Learn more at www.caredocumentary.com.