Everyone knows that vitamins and nutrition are important for health, and many older adults take a multivitamin. But did you know that even among older persons who do this, many still end up developing a serious deficiency in one particular vitamin? It’s Vitamin B12….

Beta-glucans are carbohydrates, or sugars, found in the cell walls of some plants such as oats and barley. Beta-glucans are one form of fiber called soluble fiber. Soluble fiber is recommended by Registered Dietitians to help improve cholesterol levels. Scientific…

Here are ten things you may not know about Parkinson’s disease: 1. It is a disease that occurs in the middle or late life. Its peak age of onset is in the 60s (range is 36 to 86 years). 2. More than one million individuals are afflicted by Parkinson disease in the…

Dementia can be defined as ‘a common term for numerous cognitive problems usually portrayed by memory deterioration, and noticeable trouble in the areas of language, object recognition, unsettling influence of official capacity, which is the capacity to arrange,…

Chronic pain affects 1.5 billion people worldwide, an estimated 100 million of whom live in the United States. Yet we currently have no effective treatment options. Fortunately, research advances have determined some of the ways in which chronic pain changes the…

Wandering, a complex motor, cognitive and behavioral disorder, is a common symptom among patients with dementia. A contemporary definition for wandering is: “A syndrome of dementia-related locomotion behavior having a frequent, repetitive, temporally disordered,…

More than 15 million Americans devote time and energy to caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia, according to the Alzheimer’s Association, but sometimes the cost of caregiving becomes too high. Caregivers find themselves unable to bear the…

In Dementia Reconsidered, Tom Kitwood theorized that there are 5 great needs of those with dementia. A cluster of needs, very close connected, overlapping and connected with an all encompassing need for love. These needs can be filled with the use of Spiritual Care….