January is Alzheimer Awareness Month and for 2012 the theme is: Let’s face it! Get the facts. Know for sure. Most people looking down the barrel of Alzheimer’s disease choose to ignore the signs, chalk up the forgetfulness to old age and leave it at that. As our society ages, we become more susceptible to [...]
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The average Canadian’s life expectancy is almost 81 years and the fastest growing segment of our population is people over 65. So what’s stopping us from living to 100? Well, for many people it’s a nasty and debilitating malady known as dementia. It’s becoming the 800-pound elephant in a room full of powerless seniors. Many [...]
READ MORE »January is Alzheimer Awareness Month. We know that Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, but what we may not know is that it’s the degeneration of our healthy brain tissue that causes a steady decline in our mental and social abilities. Dementia affects one in thirteen Canadians over 65 and one in [...]
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