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For decades, researchers have chased a pharmaceutical cure for memory loss. But despite the fact that no disease-modifying biotech treatments have emerged, new research suggests that dementia rates have actually declined in the United States and Western Europe over the last decade. Why is this happening? And what does it mean for brain health in the future?

Audio Articles from Dementia Connections Magazine

Because of rapidly aging populations, the number of people worldwide experiencing dementia is increasing and the projections are grim. Despite hundreds of millions of dollars invested in medical research, no effective treatment has been discovered for Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. The Alzheimer Conundrum exposes the predicaments embedded in current efforts to slow down or halt Alzheimer's disease through early detection of presymptomatic biological changes in healthy individuals.

Wandering the Wards provides a detailed and unflinching ethnographic examination of life within the contemporary hospital. It reveals the institutional and ward cultures that inform the organization and delivery of everyday care for one of the largest populations within them: people living with dementia who require urgent unscheduled hospital care. Drawing on five years of research embedded in acute wards in the UK, the authors follow people living with dementia through their admission, shadowing hospital staff as they interact with them during and across shifts.

This Dementia Life is a heartwarming podcast that features and celebrates the voices of people living with dementia and care partners. While we know that every family’s experience with dementia is unique, we believe that through these individual stories, there is much to gain by shared experience and understanding. The program is hosted by Chuck McClatchey, A DAA Advisory Board Member living with Alzheimer’s.

"Dementia Care, Tailored to NFL" is from the March 22, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Ken Belson and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Therapy Cats for Dementia Patients, Batteries Included" is from the December 17, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Andy Newman and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Personality Change May Be Early Sign of Dementia, Experts Say" is from the July 26, 2016, Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Pam Belluck and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"U.S. Dementia Rates Are Dropping Even as Population Ages" is from the November 21, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Gina Kolata and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Education May Cut Dementia Risk, Study Finds" is from the Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Pam Belluck and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.