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Dementia :: Caregiver support key to improved health, fewer nursing home placements

Helping caregivers take care of themselves is key to enabling them to better deal with family members with dementia, a recent study by Thomas Jefferson University researchers shows. In fact, those caregivers who were provided extra, individualized support had less depression and were able to keep family members in adult day services — and out of nursing homes — much longer than those who did not get the extra attention.

Health Care :: Blacks, Whites divided on end-of-life treatment

Black patients are more likely than white patients to prefer life-sustaining care when confronted with an incurable illness or serious mental and physical disabilities, according to a study by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers.

Dementia :: Changing roles, emotions in caregiving

The early stages when a spouse or an adult child becomes a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or another type of progressive dementia is fraught with a tug-of-war of emotions from resentment to protectiveness, according to a new study from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University.

Dementia :: Diets rich in fish, omega-3 fatty acids cut risk of Alzheimer’s disease

People who have diets rich in fish would have a significantly lower risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. This new study findings are published in this month’s issue of the Archives of Neurology.

Dementia :: Alzheimer’s drugs ban in UK, NHS – NICE

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has restricted the use of Alzheimer’s drugs in the National Health Service, recently.

Dementia :: Occupational Therapy Improves Quality of Life for Dementia Patients and Their Carers

Occupational therapy can help to improve the ability of people with dementia patients to perform daily activities and can also reduce the pressure on their caregivers, says a BMJ study published today.

Hormone replacement therapy may improve trip down memory lane

Research from the University of Michigan Health System suggests that hormone therapy might help women retain certain memory functions. In a study in the new issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, they report that a group of postmenopausal women showed more brain activity during a visual memory test than did women who were not taking the hormone therapy.

Brain :: Speak, memory – Research challenges theory of memory storage

During sleep, freshly minted memories move from the hippocampus, part of the “old” brain, to the neocortex, or “new” brain, for long-term storage. This has been the reigning theory for decades. Brown University research provides the strongest proof yet of this interaction between the old and new brains — and offers surprising evidence that challenges critical details of this theory of learning and memory. Results appear in Nature Neuroscience.

Dementia :: Higher level of certain fatty acid associated with lower dementia risk

Individuals who have higher levels of a fatty acid known as docosahexaenoic acid in their blood may have a significantly lower risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Heart :: Seven-point system gauges seriousness of heart failure in elderly – Washington University

A simple points system may soon help guide treatment of elderly heart failure patients. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that by counting how many of seven easy-to-obtain health factors a patient has, physicians can estimate the patient’s risk of dying.