Soeren Mattke, University of Southern California and Ying Liu, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Medicare covers an annual well-check visit that could potentially identify cognitive issues, but only about half of beneficiaries take advantage of them.
A study of US veterans found that one in ten had been wrongly diagnosed with dementia, when they actually had a treatable liver condition.
Lack of sleep, or poor quality sleep, is one of the risk factors for developing Alzheimer’s disease. Fortunately, there are ways to improve sleep.
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Sleep appears to play an essential role in a number of brain functions, such as memory. So good quality sleep could play a vital role in preventing dementia.
Georgia Blain’s final, posthumous collection offers clear-eyed, calm compassion – and a capacity to live with, and alongside, damage, trauma and unspeakable loss, and a way of staying human.
Family caregivers may be less likely to turn to others when they need their own support.
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