George Melly

Jazz legend suffering from dementia

in the lab

blocking the enzyme casein kinase in mice reversed beta amyloid production but not without significant side effects

New therapeutic target for Alzheimer's could lead to drugs without side effects

Victoria, not so old

17% of Greater Victoria is 65+ but Saskatchewan has the greater number of seniors at 14.9% of its population and Newfoundland Labrador has the highest median age at 41.3

The  of Victoria

out of state placement

We think we have problems with available beds. Hawaii to Ohio....

Queen's patients sent to Ohio nursing homes

developmentally disabled and LTC

In Ontario and other provinces options are shrinking for these adults who are ending up in LTC. The costs can be half of a group home or residential centre. The appropriateness of LTC placement is being questioned by advocates and families in this article

Nowhere else to go

abuse

This is a challenging one to explain.
Duct tape in the wrong place is worthy of headlines while staffing shortages and chronically insufficient personal care hours are relegated until, of course, consequent events arise, this is health.

Elderly nursing home resident has mouth taped shut by nurses

geriatrician supply

geriatricians are the lowest paid physicians per hour worked..........

Growing old

delirium and dementia

A Boston Globe article that interviews Sharon Inouye on the relationship between these two conditions with a view to prevention.

An end's beginning
More than half of all elderly hospitalized patients suffer severe confusion. Many ultimately decline into dementia. Are there common triggers to both?

panorama follow up on nursing homes in the UK

12 years ago the Law Commission proposed legislation which would protect older people from abuse and neglect but so far, governments have refused to implement it.

Elderly at risk in nursing homes


Elderly suffer from neglect, cruelty and abuse

coffee and AD

what next?

Drink coffee to stave off Alzheimer’s

anesthesia and AD

Cognitive changes post-op and the results of this laboratory study may mean more precision with anesthetic agents in the elderly


Alzheimer's Society comment on anaesthetics and AD

smart homes

It will be interesting to see the results of testing

A 'smart house' for people with dementia

vitamin D and falls

Interesting little study in this month's JAGS that demonstrates possible reduced falls with higher doses of vitamin D.

A Higher Dose of Vitamin D Reduces the Risk of Falls in Nursing Home Residents: A Randomized, Multiple-Dose Study

loneliness

One must ask , what came first?

Loneliness linked to Alzheimer's