My husband is in the middle stage of alzheimer´s. All of my friends and family think it is time to put him in a nursing home. Does he need my love for him more than he needs the care of professionals?

Through meditation and affirmation we learn to find the still point within: A series of images and affirmations designed to de-stress Alzheimer´s patients, their caregivers and anyone who needs to decompress.

Dr. William Banks from St. Louis University has published two studies explaining how inflammation affects Alzheimer’s. Moreover, he claims that the anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin could hold promise as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.

I am in my early seventies and have been experiencing memory lapses.I watched the news and learned about the role of exercise. Can you suggest any that I can do at home?

One essential quality lacking in today’s Alzheimer’s care is a genuine respect for the patient. The diagnosis of cognitive impairment carries the stigma of “losing your mind,” “senility,” or “being empty headed.” Here are some tips to restore dignity to the cognitively impaired.

We expend a great deal of energy feeling angry. However, who are we really angry at? In order to overcome anger we have to address the source. Here are some suggestions:

Treating symptoms, reliable early diagnosis, addressing disease triggers and reversing poor cognition are the exciting directions of research in Alzheimer’s Disease.

Thinking outside the box is helpful as an Alzheimer’s preventative and treatment for the early stages.

Don’t feel embarrassed or stressed when you can’t recall information or have difficulty learning how to operate new technology. Here are some tips to coexist with cognitive impairment.

Alzheimer’s patients do better with exercise.