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Almost Half Of Alzheimer’s Family Caregivers Have $20,000 in Expenses Per Year

According to a Caring.com report, 42 percent of family members taking care of Alzheimer’s or dementia family members spend upwards of $20,000 or more per year. These care-giving expenses include out-of-pocket costs for assisted living, medications, medical bills, professional in-home caregivers, products for incontinence, wandering products, transportation, and more. Of…

Texas A&M Launches TARCC Grant Program for Alzheimer’s Research

The Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine recently launched a new initiative against Alzheimer’s Disease that aims to encourage the use of the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium’s (TARCC) large patient cohort. The TARCC Investigator Grant Program will be awarding a total of five inaugural grants worth $50,000 each, and two grants…

Senior Care Organization Calls For Relationship-Based Care For Alzheimer’s Patients At G7 Global Dementia Legacy Event

Home Instead Senior Care (Home Instead SC) recently joined healthcare leaders from G7 governments for a general discussion regarding the progress made in community-based patient care initiatives and education as part of the Global Action against Dementia Legacy program. Home Instead’s president Jeff Huber and Duskin Company Home Instead Division Manager …

The Thromboxane Receptor as a New Brain Target for Alzheimer’s

Researchers at Temple University blocked the thromboxane brain cell receptor, stopping oxidative stress in an Alzheimer’s mouse model, and preventing key symptoms of the disease. In Alzheimer’s disease two pathological proteins accumulate in the brain: beta-amyloid protein and hyper-phosphorylated tau. Both are thought to wreak havoc by causing progressive…