by Jimmy Carter | Mar 29, 2019 | Dementia
WHEN YOU’VE MOVED a loved one suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease to memory care you will hear mention of the Fast Scale, or Reisberg Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) scale at some point during their care. This scale assists doctors, hospice providers,...
by Jimmy Carter | Mar 25, 2019 | Caretaking
In previous blog posts we’ve discussed acknowledging when the time comes to move a loved one to memory care facility and how to evaluate different institutions. Today we will explore all of the ways that memory care has improved in recent years. ...
by Jimmy Carter | Jan 10, 2019 | Alzheimer’s
What if a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease had already been discovered? That’s what a Yale University team of researchers are exploring. This promising new research could be a game-changer for the early stages of the neurodegenerative disease. What exactly has been...
by Jimmy Carter | Jul 26, 2018 | Alzheimer’s, Dementia
On Wednesday, the search for a drug to treat Alzheimer’s reached a hopeful crossroads. For the first time in a large clinical trial, a new drug both reduced plaques in brains of sufferers with Alzheimer’s and slowed the progression of dementia. These results were...