Alzheimer's and Music
By Brian Ward

A few years ago, I read an article that said people with Alzheimer's disease don't lose their memories- they just lose access to them. And that got me to wondering if there was any way to help them access their memories. In my work with Alzheimer's, I quickly noticed that those who rarely talked at all, would sing along with a song....read more

By Marcus Peterson 

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive form of dementia that seriously affects a person's capacity to perform daily activities. This degenerative disease of the brain effectively begins in the cerebral cortex. It is marked by the slow and progressive decline in a person's mental capacities....read more

By Marge Pickering Picone 

One of the main things that I have learned about talking to elder parents is to treat them as you would anyone else. Ask general questions to start conversations. Be open about what you want to know. If you were talking to your best friend, you would not sugar coat anything you wanted to know. .....read more

By Steve Valentino 

Health management and the housing of elders are expensive in modern living conditions. To avoid irrelevant tax payments, financial planning is essential to control elder care costs. Long term insurance policies help to manage elder care costs to a great extent.....read more

It's 5:00 p.m., and all of a sudden your calm, serene mother is now very agitated, angry, and maybe even combative. Nothing you do seems to help, and quite frankly, you're nervous and maybe even frightened. It seems as if there is nothing you can do. Take heart; you're not alone, and there is help.....read more