Items which catch our attention and may interest you
In this section, we provide links to articles, studies, trials, and much more that can help an older adult move later into life and those who are carrying for adults especially their older parents.
- Widowed Adults Have a Greater Rate of Cognitive Decline: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2761871
- If your family member has dementia or Alzheimer’s make sure THEIR physician asks these questions: www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/dementia/84744
- Study: Suicide in the Elderly (2020)
We all know that the risk of suicide increases as people get older but this study is a bit frightening. All doctors need to have better screening of these individuals: alert.psychnews.org/2020/02/many-older-us-adults-who-died-by.html - Depression may elevate dementia risk. Consider having your elderly family member evaluated for depression has there seems to be a strong connection between early depression and dementia in later life: www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/well/mind/depression-may-elevate-dementia-risk.html (subscription required)
- Intervention trial hoping to reverse the course of Alzheimer’s disease:
www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/will-photobiomodulation-trial-be-one-turn-tide-against-alzheimer-disease (2019) - “Can Dementia Be Reversed?”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3038529/ (2009)
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