In this section we provide a sampling of news articles about Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

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16 Dec 11 Holidays can trigger anxiety in people with dementia
For families with a relative contending with dementia, holiday festivities can present a host of unanticipated challenges. Linda Finkbeiner of Exeter, Ont., talks about her experience as a caregiver.
08 Dec 11 Marian Lowery hikes Mount Kilimanjaro with Ascent for Alzheimer's
This year, Marian Lowery set out to conquer a mountain. She signed on to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, to raise money for the Alzheimer Society of B.C. with her mother as her motivation.
04 Nov 11 Giving the best day possible
Within a generation, more than 1 million Canadians are expected to have dementia and we will jump from one new case every five minutes to one every two minutes. As the incidence of dementia increases, the current gaps in the quality of dementia care in long-term care settings will only multiply, unless there is a fundamental shift in the model of care that begins with the question: What can we do differently to give each person with dementia the best day possible?
31 Oct 11 'Sandwich Generation' getting squeezed between parents and children
Many Canadians are finding themselves stuck between two sets of heavy — and often competing — demands from their children and parents. Such people are sometimes referred to as the Sandwich Generation, indicating their dilemma of being stuck in the middle.
26 Oct 11 GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients to hit US
GTX Corp said the first batch of 3,000 pairs of shoes has been shipped to the footwear firm Aetrex Worldwide, two years after plans were announced to develop the product.
20 Oct 11 Former lobbyist with Alzheimer's now advocates for others with disease
Jim Mann doesn’t need advance preparation for an interview. “Don’t waste your time. To be honest, I won’t even remember,” says the 63-year-old as he settles into a chair in his Surrey home.
19 Oct 11 Walking for mom helps the cause
Nancy Wilde has been named the top individual fundraiser for the 2011 Investors Group Walk for Memories, one of the largest annual fundraising events for the Alzheimer Society of B.C.
The financial toll of Alzheimer’s and dementia
For aging Baby Boomers, the scourge of dementia is a double threat. In one way, seeing your parents live to a ripe old age can be considered a blessing but the longer they live, the greater the odds that one or the other will be afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease or conditions like it.
Depression ups women's risk of dementia
While depression isn’t an inevitable part of aging, women are twice as likely as men to develop the mood disorder, and that can have significant health repercussions later in life, doctors say.
17 Oct 11 Brain scans show being bilingual can delay Alzheimer's disease
You may have heard it before: being bilingual can help ward off dementia. Now, a new study offers the brain scans to back up those findings.
13 Oct 11 Alzheimer's disease and age-related memory loss - Prevention - Canadian Living
Does Mom keep forgetting where she set down her coffee mug? While some memory loss may inevitably come with aging, how can you tell if something bigger – Alzheimer's disease – is going on? Here's what to watch for.
12 Oct 11 Alzheimer's Disease Cases Predicted To Rise 1000 Percent: What's Being Done To Find A Cure
A half a million Canadians are currently stricken with Alzheimer’s, and within a generation, researchers predict that number will double to 1,100,000, according to Rising Tide, a 2010 study commissioned by the Alzheimer Society of Canada.
11 Oct 11 Strokes and Alzheimer's disease can team up, says Canadian researcher
For decades, doctors have diagnosed some patients with stroke and others with Alzheimer's disease, even though the vast majority of seniors suffer from a combination of each.
Elder-care is about more than duty. It’s the law
For the mother, it was an assumed truth: When she got old, one of her kids would take her in. As far as her five children were concerned, however, it was never going to happen, though they didn’t say so to her face. Not that she was a bad mother (if anything she loved her offspring too intensely). But did they want a sweet, docile granny living in the spare bedroom? Far from it.
05 Oct 11 Alzheimer's Disease Progression Predicted By Blood Test
By measuring ratios of two fatty compounds in blood, doctors are now better able to predict how rapidly somebody with Alzheimer's disease is likely to lose cognitive function, researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine reported in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
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