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    Nestlé Staff Join The Fight Against Dementia

    Nestlé staff across the UK have joined forces with Alzheimer's Society today to raise a national target of £250,000 to help people with dementia and their carers. Nestlé staff across the UK have joined forces with Alzheimer's Society to raise a national target of £250,000 to help people with...
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    Dementia To Cost The World $601 Billion This Year, 1% Of Global GDP

    Alzheimer's disease and other dementias are having an enormous and growing impact on the world economy, and will surpass $601 billion by the end of this year; over 1% of global GDP (Gross Domestic Product), says a new report " World Alzheimer Report 2010" - published by Alzheimer's Disease...
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    GPs Failing To Diagnose Dementia Early

    New research by scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) suggests that patients could be missing out on early treatment options for dementia because GPs are failing to diagnose the condition early enough. The study, the first of its kind to analyse life expectancy after dementia is...
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    ENS 2010: Dementia Study: New Insights Into Changes In The Brain Offer The Possibilit

    The development of vascular dementia, the most common form of dementia after Alzheimer's dementia, may soon be able to be diagnosed before the first appearance of cognitive symptoms, and could be stopped or at least slowed down by targeted preventative measures. This has been demonstrated by...
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    examples of trivia pursuit question for dementia?

    aging seniors with dementia; ideas of trivia pursuit
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    Got any new activity/recreation ideas for low-functioning dementia residents?

    It seems the catalogs never offer anything new. For instance, they don't seem to feature any new karaoke CDs, just the same ones. I just really need some new ideas. Many of the kids games and other stuff that's available can't be used because the resident's may try to eat the small pieces or...
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    Study Finds Unnecessary Mammograms Performed On Elderly Women With Dementia

    A new study in the American Journal of Public Health found that 18% of elderly women with severe dementia undergo screening mammograms, despite guidelines from the American Cancer Society and other groups that recommended against such screening for women with a life expectancy of less than five...
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