This Alzheimer's Association infographic provides important information on the 10 warning signs of Alzheimer's Disease. 

Certain healthy behaviors--staying mentally active, remaining socially engaged with family and friends, engaging in regular physical activity and eating a heart-health diet-- benefit your body and your brain.

The Alzhiemer's Association provides a valuable statistical resource related to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. The report covers causes of dementia, current knowledge about the disease, prevalence, caregiving and the personal financial impact of the disease on families and includes many other topics.

This scholarly article examines how music may serve as a link to the past for adults with memory impairments.

Scientists believe that many factors influence when Alzheimer's disease begins and how it progresses. The more they study this devastating disease, the more they realize that genes play an important role. Research conducted and funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and others is advancing our understanding of Alzheimer's disease genetics.

This 2014-2015 Progress Report on Alzheimer's Disease summarizes recent Alzheimer's research conducted or supported by the National Institute on Aging and other components of National Institutes of Health.

The article discusses how Virginian's can help keep their brain healthy later in life.

The Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) has developed 9 fact sheets for caregivers providing care to a loved one with dementia. 

When you learn that someone has Alzheimer’s disease, you may wonder when and how to tell your family and friends. You may be worried about how others will react to or treat the person. Realize that family and friends often sense that something is wrong before they are told. Alzheimer’s disease is hard to keep secret.

Person-centered care is a way of thinking and doing things that makes your loved one an equal partner in planning, developing and monitoring care to make sure it meets their needs.

Scientists continue to unravel the complex brain changes involved in the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease. 

Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks.