Boomers and the Alzheimer’s Crisis Part One:  The Alzheimer’s Crisis In 2015, I started the My Boomer Brain blog.  One of my very first blogs was about the Elephant in the Room – Alzheimer’s disease.  Alzheimer’s and other dementias were my focus of study while I was getting my master’s degree in gerontology.  For the ten years prior to me going back to school, I had worked with physical and occupational therapists who were addressing the physical disabilities of later stage

Boomers and the Alzheimer’s Crisis Part Two:  The Alzheimer’s Crisis Is the Boomer’s Crisis Brain aging and brain health were gaining attention in the mid-2000s.  I was starting to experience some brain glitches during that time, and it scared me!  At a conference on aging in 2006 I visited a booth by Posit Science.  They had research to support that you could stop brain aging losses by living a brain healthy lifestyle.  The conference started me on a multiyear quest to learn

The news over the past few weeks brought to light the increased risk of developing dementia from exposure to wildfire smoke.  Air...

In 2015, I started the My Boomer Brain blog.  One of my very first blogs was about the Elephant in the Room – Alzheimer’s disease. ...

Brain aging and brain health were gaining attention in the mid-2000s.  I was starting to experience some brain glitches during that time,...