Dementia caregivers find help at JCCC - Kansas City Star
04 Jul
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Dementia caregivers find help at JCCC
Kansas City Star In a classroom at Johnson County Community College, they were enrolled in a five-day dementia care certificate course. The college has offered the course … |
Spouse drives you nuts, marriage beats dementia (The Age)
04 Jul
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Does your spouse sometimes drive you crazy? Think again - a study finds people who live with a partner during middle age have much lower odds of developing dementia.
Family Searches For Missing Campbell Man With Dementia (KTVU 2 San Francisco)
04 Jul
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Family members of a 63-year-old Campbell man with dementia who has been missing since Tuesday are continuing to travel around the South Bay posting flyers and talking to people to see if anyone has seen him.
Antioch Man With Dementia Goes Missing (CBS 5 Bay Area)
04 Jul
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Antioch police were searching for a missing 61-year-old man who is believed to be at risk due to having dementia.
Living Alone in Middle Age Increases Risk of Dementia (redOrbit)
04 Jul
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Researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute found that a person’s marital status and genetic makeup could change their risk for developing dementia.Researchers noted that the number of patients dealing with dementia stood at 25 million in 2005, but is expected to jump to 81 million by 2040.In their study, researchers looked at about 2,000 men and women from eastern Finland at about the age of 50.
Police searching for missing man with dementia (The Sacramento Bee)
04 Jul
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Sacramento police are looking for a 63-year-old man with dementia who has been missing since Sunday.
Car guys’ retrain but downshift to lower pay
04 Jul
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WARREN, Mich. - Big, burly and a “car guy” since high school, Tom Persinger worked for years at General Motors. Now he’s a nurse’s aide. For about $12 an hour, he makes home visits to geriatric patients addled by dementia. He gets them fed or …
'Virtual Dementia Tour' Leaves Participants Frustrated but Sympathetic - ABC News
03 Jul
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'Virtual Dementia Tour' Leaves Participants Frustrated but Sympathetic
ABC News Blane Wilson, whose mother is currently struggling with Alzheimer's, participated in the "Virtual Dementia Tour" and was unable to complete simple tasks … No Place Like Home: The Story of One Family and Alzheimer'sWomen on the Web Caregivers: Alzheimer's Other VictimsABC News |
Dementia risk ‘higher for middle-aged living alone’
03 Jul
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MIDDLE-AGED people who live alone have double the risk of dementia compared with those who are married or have a partner, researchers said today.
Solo life ups gene dementia risk
03 Jul
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People who have a gene flaw and live alone in middle-age are at highest risk of developing dementia, a study suggests.
Living alone ups dementia risk
03 Jul
Posted by: tina in: Dementia, alzheimers, mental health, mental illness
People who have a gene flaw and live alone in middle-age are at highest risk of developing dementia, a study suggests.
Autopsy to determine how Pa. dementia patient died (WFMJ Youngstown)
03 Jul
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - An autopsy is set to determine whether a 79-year-old Pittsburgh man with dementia died of natural gas fumes in his apartment or from natural causes.
Middle-aged singletons ‘at higher dementia risk’ (New Kerala)
03 Jul
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London, July 3: People who live alone in middle age face nearly double the risk of developing dementia in later life compared with married or cohabiting counterparts, according to a new study.
Middle-aged singletons are prone to dementia (The Times of India)
03 Jul
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LONDON: People who live alone in middle age face nearly double the risk of developing dementia in later life compared with married or cohabiting counterparts, according to a new study.
Dementia risk ‘higher for middle-aged living alone’ (The Scotsman)
03 Jul
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MIDDLE-AGED people who live alone have double the risk of dementia compared with those who are married or have a partner, researchers said today.