To drug or not to drug? – Part 2
A petite women came into our lives around six months ago. Her daughters came with, and they brought an air of hope along. Hope, that we at Jura Care could be there for [...]
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11, 2016
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09, 2016
9 Dementia Symptoms Most People Ignore
Early stages of Dementia are often very mild, meaning they can be overlooked and simply put down to 'getting older’. These are some tell-tale symptoms many people ignore: Subtle short-term memory changes [...]
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09, 2016
The Jura Care Village Nest
Spring is here and we've got many chirpy visitors making nests in the pine trees. We watch the testosterone in action as nests made from grasses, twigs and even plastics get weaved artistically and perfectly [...]
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08, 2016
A ‘western’ diet may increase risk of Alzheimer’s disease
A “Western” diet rich in meat and high-fat dairy puts people at a greater risk of Alzheimer’s, researchers claim. The stark warning comes from scientists who have also discovered that a more [...]
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08, 2016
Remembering My Father Before His Dementia
My father is one of the good guys, a true gentleman and an exceptional husband and parent. But there is another part of him that is increasingly irritable and short tempered. I [...]
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08, 2016
Learning To Understand My Mother
"I'm hungry, I'm starving." My mother would utter those words over and over every day. In the beginning I would inform her that she had just eaten (often true), that she could [...]
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08, 2016
Quality of Life Outcomes
Caring for people with forms of Dementia is a multi-faceted task. So what does it mean to have quality of life while living with a form of Dementia. We have here our Quality of [...]
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08, 2016
Acupuncture May Slow Pre-Dementia Memory Loss
Acupuncture may benefit people who have memory loss, but don't yet have dementia, suggests a review by Chinese researchers of five earlier studies. Nothing has yet been proven to halt the progression [...]
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07, 2016
Behind the headlines: what’s the real story for LMTX?
The UK public woke up yesturday morning to a series of headlines about phase III trial results of a potential Alzheimer’s drug called LMTX (also known as LMTM). The Times (£) placed their [...]
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07, 2016
15 Year Old Writes Song About Grandma’s Struggle Against Alzheimer’s
A 15-year-old schoolboy has released a heartrending song in honour of his grandma, Maureen McGuinness, who is living with dementia. Harry Gardner from Essex, England wrote the song after he visited his [...]