While your aging parent may be resistant to taking Prozac, depression appears to more than double the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, Dutch researchers report.
Depression has been linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s, and many doctors suspect that risk is tied to changes in the brain caused by depression. No one can figure out [...]
There’s a new Website that may be of some help if you’re looking for some help in figuring out how in the world to help your aging parent.
Many of us live busy lives, actively working in our careers while trying to bring up our children. Sometimes it becomes hard for us to recognize the symptoms [...]
While visiting your aging parents during holidays, you may want to take a sharper notice of how they are getting along. Check for signs that may indicate they are slipping behind in life. While it may be hard to admit that your aging parent may need help, it is something that we all have to [...]
As the holiday season draws near we usually visit or hear from our parents. For many of us boomers, our parents may be getting up there in age and may require our help, no matter how we deny this.
People are living longer today than ever before, and the times are a changing:
•This is the first [...]
What gift do you get for an aging parent?
The holidays may be one of the few times that you get together with your parents, especially if you have your own life and your own family. What you find may seem normal on the surface, but there may be chaos underneath.
Exercise Your Brain.
According to Michael Merzenich, chief scientific officer with Posit Science in San Francisco, the key to memory longevity is lifelong learning. (Exercising your brain.)
“Often, as people age, they engage in less and less learning,” Merzenich told United Press International. “They rest on their laurels, and their environments, even if stimulating (such as a [...]
Avoiding Alzheimer’s disease can be as easy as drinking fruit juices and flossing daily— according to a new study by the New York School of Medicine. What they found was:
1. Drinking fruit or vegetable juice at least three times a week makes you four times less likely to develop Alzheimer’s. So mom was right. Carrot [...]
Ever suffer from a brain fart? That momentary lapse of brain function where you can almost feel the gas passing between the folds of your aging brain while you stare into space?
You can now overcome brain farts by taking folic acid. Taking 800 micrograms of folic acid a day improved the memory of older [...]
What do you do when your aging parent dies?
Taking care of an aging parent is hard enough. But what do you do when they die? You’re likely to get lots advice from well-meaning relatives and neighbors. But a lot of the work you’ll be left doing yourself, or with the help of close family or [...]