For couples, families or friends who share a significant song, the effects of music can be powerful and persistent, lasting well into old age, even piercing through dementia.
New research shows that exposure to fine particulate air pollution may double the risk of dementia in older women by increasing growth of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain.
Brain training programs support healthy brain ageing – but you’ve got to choose the right one.
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High blood pressure is associated with an increased risk of developing dementia, but now researchers have found that it may be protective in the very old.
A study was reported to show caffeine protects older women from dementia. But looking closer at the research, we can’t truly claim coffee was the reason some of the women had a lower risk of dementia.
A new study shows that looking at paintings can bring pleasure to people living with dementia, affecting their wellbeing even after the memory of the event has gone.
Small businesses such as pubs and hairdressers are key to allowing people with dementia to maintain meaningful social ties.
Hearing the same questions over and over again can be frustrating, but it’s important you stay calm – they’re not trying to annoy you.
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Admitting a loved one to a nursing home is a difficult decision and is usually only arrived at once the person’s care needs cannot be met by the family and community-based services.
A blood test for dementia would be great, but there are limitations as to what blood can tell us about our brains.
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Blood has some disadvantages for diagnosis as it is separated from the brain by what is called the “blood brain barrier”. This makes it difficult to establish that a signal is actually coming from the brain.