Being Rich, Famous or Smart: No Immunity from Dementia

On March 4, 2013, an article written by the Associated Press described the death from an apparent cardiac arrest of Lorraine Bayless, an 87 year old resident of Glenwood Gardens, a California independent living home in Bakersfield California — From the original report it appears that a nurse...

The closest I came to Egypt was the Sinai Peninsula which was under Israeli control following the Six-Day War before it reverted back in 1979 to Egypt’s jurisdiction under the Sadat-Begin accord stewarded by then President Carter. From 1970-71, during my service in the Israel Air Force as a...

I looked at the certificate that came as registered mail in early December 1981. I already knew that I had passed the first Geriatric Medicine Royal College examination, with the oral taking place in Winnipeg, which when compared to Toronto was bitterly cold. I recall thinking as the examiner asked...

This article focuses on the fight elderly members of society are facing against the end of life while acknowledging the physical and mental difficulties and other struggles associated with the coming of life’s termination.

There is a body of evidence and knowledge that supports the concept that working with wood can be a very meaningful activity for those living with dementia, especially if their past experience included working with wood as part of their employment life or one of their hobbies.

The main component of the costs attributable to dementia is the cost for institutional and home-based long-term care rather than the costs of medical services—the sum of the costs for nursing home care and formal and informal home care represent 75 to 84% of attributable costs.