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Cognitive Therapy For People With Dementia by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia In March, 2010, I wrote a piece entitled "Can Painting Help Dementia Sufferers?" I was so impressed with this concept that I suggested to the person in charge of art for the ... Read on »

ENCORE: OOPS, I FORGOT YOUR NAME! by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia This is an encore article originally published in January, 2009. The more we learn about memory and cognition, the more relevant this article becomes. See what you think– ... Read on »

Can Olive Oil Help Prevent Strokes by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Yes, according to a French study reported today in Medical News Today that suggests a protective role for olive oil among older individuals. To read the full article click o ... Read on »

Generation Alzheimer's by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia This year, the first of the Boomer Generation turns 65. To bring urgently-needed attention to the risk facing the Boomers, Alzheimer's Association recently released a ground ... Read on »

What Do Elderly Patients And Astronauts Have In Common? by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Today's post is a guest essay written by a distinguished physician, Dr. Harold Rodner, a doctor of Internal Medicine, with a sub-specialty in geriatric medicine. He has an a ... Read on »

Genetics & Alzheimer's--Is There A Connection? by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia An article in today's New York Times reports on two studies that have discovered five new genes that seem to make Alzheimer's Disease more likely, although only slightly. Th ... Read on »

This is Read an E-Book Week by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia All my e-books, including Dementia Diary are available for a 25% discount during Read an E-book Week—March 6 to 13. Go to Smashwords (http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95 ... Read on »

More on Coconut Oil and Alzheimer's—Is it true? by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia See my post of March 12, 2009, entitled, "CAN COCONUT OIL HELP ALZHEIMER'S?" But...is it true? I've been following it and, so far, can find little or no mention of real rese ... Read on »

What Does "Entitlement" mean? by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia This topic has been bothering me for a long time. Two of the most successful New Deal programs of all time are, of course, Social Security and Medicare. They were created la ... Read on »

Encore: Is Long Term Insurance Worth The Price? by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia This is an encore article originally published April, 2009. I thought I should repeat it because, recently, interest in this topic from my readers has increased. So...is lon ... Read on »

How to Read Dementia Books for Less by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia This post may seem to have nothing to do with caregiving, yet it has everything to do with it if it can get more of you to read some free samples of "Dementia Diary, A Careg ... Read on »

Encore: The Day She Tried To Eat The Mirror by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Let me describe a typical nursing home visit toward the end of my mother's life. It was the end of lunchtime. Mom was asleep in her wheelchair with a half finished plate o ... Read on »

Encore: Can Dementia Ever Be Funny? by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia The inspiration for this post and for my book, "Dementia Diary, A Caregiver's Journal," was a talk that I gave to a conference for caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer's ... Read on »

How to get a discount for Dementia Diary, A Caregiver's Journal by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Shameless commerce announcement! If you are an e-book reader, July is the month to get a deal on my books. During the Smashword's July promotion, get a 26% discount on De ... Read on »

Possible Advance in Alzheimer’s research by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Here's a development that will be of interest to all my readers. On June 17, 2009, I wrote about the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation. This organization jus ... Read on »

Encore: Signs of a Decline in Memory Function by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Here's a helpful guide I posted in July, 2008 that is worth repeating It's not always easy to tell when a loved one is experiencing the onset of dementia. Here are some si ... Read on »

Can Painting Help Dementia Sufferers? by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia In a comment on my last blog, Dan said the following "I didn't know much about dementia till reading an article on the HuffPost the other day which talked about how creati ... Read on »

Encore: How does Alzheimer's Compare to Other Dementias? by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Here’s a popular article I wrote that is appearing on eldercare blogs, zines and sites throughout the web. It first appeared on my former website on September 17, 2006 and ... Read on »

Read An E-Book Week March 7-13 2010 by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Why am I promoting Read An E-Book Week on a blog devoted to caregiving? Read an E-Book Week educates and informs the public about the pleasures and advantages of readi ... Read on »

ENCORE: WHY IS MOM DOING THIS TO ME? by Bob T. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Alzheimer's & Dementia Have you ever asked yourself this question when your loved one with dementia is being obnoxious? I did. Frequently. Then, of course, I felt guilty for having this reaction. ... Read on »

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