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App simulates dementia symptoms
WebMD.Boots.com
29th April 2014 – The charity Alzheimer’s Research UK has created a new social media app designed to give a personal snapshot of some of the symptoms experienced by people with dementia. FaceDementia gives an insight, with the users’ own photos and …
Alzheimer’s Research UK launches Facebook app to show symptoms of dementiaCharity Digital News
Dementia Facebook app to raise awareness of the illnessBBC News
Facebook Dementia App Simulates Common Symptoms To Raise AwarenessHuffington Post UK
ABC News –The Drum
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Alzheimer’s charity uses app to simulate dementia symptoms
Marketing Week
Alzheimer’s charity Alzheimer’s Research UK is launching a social media app that aims to help people understand what having dementia can feel like as it looks to remove the stigma associated with the disease and boost funding.
Cambridgeshire charity Alzheimer’s Research UK demonstrates impact of …Cambridge News
Alzheimer’s Research UK launches Facebook app to show symptoms of dementiaCharity Digital News
App simulates dementia symptomsWebMD.Boots.com
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Sherrington: Greg Ploetz was a ‘warrior’ at Texas, but dementia has left him …
Dallas Morning News
Greg suffers from frontal lobe dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. They recently moved to Colorado so that he could be treated with medical marijuana for anxiety and agitation. “He was pacing and hallucinating,” said Deb Ploetz. “He is so much better now.

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Expert urges improvement in Australian hospitals for Dementia sufferers
Xinhua
Speaking in Sydney at a national symposium Monday, Alzheimer’s disease Australia’s National President, Ita Buttrose, said the government needed to assure people with dementia, their carers and families that action would be taken. “The 2012 Aged Care …
LeBlanc: Do we overprotect those with dementia?Hernando Today
Plan now to meet rising costs of dementia patientsSouth China Morning Post

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Dotsa Bitove Wellness Academy takes artful approach to fighting dementia
Toronto Star
“The focus in day programs has changed from custodial care to the person’s growth and development,” says David Harvey, chief public policy and programs initiatives, Alzheimer Society Ontario. (Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia.).

Young Prizewinners Help People With Dementia
Forbes
Coming up with ways to help the elderly suffering from dementia, Alzheimer’s and other forms of cognitive impairment might not seem a natural for students in their 20s and 30s. “I’m relatively young compared to my target user,” said Sha Yao, the first …

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Trends in aging: Alzheimer’s and Dementia – Ruby Stage Part 2
Victoria Advocate
In my previous column, I highlighted the characteristics of a ruby, or someone who is in mid- to late-stage dementia and how to communicate at this stage. In this column, I focus on the best activities for a ruby. The loss of some fine motor skills …

Hixson Resident Published In Chicken Soup For The Soul: Living With …
The Chattanoogan
The book, which went on sale April 22, is comprised of essays, stories and poems from people living with Alzheimer’s or another dementia, caregivers and affected friends and family members, will help raise awareness of the Alzheimer’s epidemic and …
Adrian Township woman writes story for ‘the Soul’The Daily Telegram

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New Mexico Advisory Board Recommends Adding Alzheimer’s Disease to …
The Daily Chronic
SANTA FE, NM —The New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program’s Medical Advisory Board voted unanimously this week to add neurodegenerative dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), to the list of medical conditions eligible for the Medical Cannabis …

‘Dementia will affect you’: Dawna Friesen shares her family’s struggle
Globalnews.ca
Dementia and Alzheimer’s is a disease that alters the structure of the brain, destroying brain cells and in the process, reducing vital, active, healthy people to a shadow of their former selves. We shouldn’t just accept it. We should put up a fight …
Grieving the livingNational Post

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