New cases of dementia are falling, and if the decline continues by 2040 there will be 15 million fewer cases. This is happening without drugs, and is down to the power of friendship and life style changes
We need a little stress in our lives simply to keep us going. But chronic, high levels of stress are dangerous to our physical and mental wellbeing.
Embedded values in the Loma Linda University Hospital staff make it outstanding in terms of care and medical expertise. In contrast, Judith Wood writes of the agonising experience of her brother in law in an NHS hospital.
Airlifted to hospital with traumatic brain injury and more, after a hit and run driver knocked him off his motorbike, Easter was a time of coming back to life for Vince.
We forget things all our lives, but after the age of 50 worry that forgetting may be a sign of dementia. There has been a rise in cases of Mild Cognitive Impairment, but this is reversible and avoidable and not necessarily the start of dementia.
Bombarded with fearful news every day that promises worst tomorrow – how can we deal with our fear? We can do as the Scriptures say, and bring every thought captive to Christ.
A letter from Ukraine from David Bute, the English Pastor and entrepreneur who has been building businesses and the Kingdom of God there for over two decades.
Helping elderly relatives can be difficult, especially when they want to maintain their independence, including those living with dementia, so a light bulb that sees and monitors is a boon.
Today’s news headlines are enough to make stone statues nervous and depressed – yet God has already given us the wisdom we need in handling them.
Even those with the strongest faith have questions about God, live, and eternity. J John’s new book answers 38 of the most prevalent – and difficult! Such as ‘Why does God allow evil?’ and why do bad things happen to good people?
Criminals are stealing home-owners’ identities, then selling their homes without their knowledge.
We were born to have purpose in life, but often we feel adrift and without it. But God has planned our purpose for us even before we were born – we just need to adjust our view of what it means!
Many things make Christmas special, but one thing can make it even better for people living with dementia or mild cognitive impairment. Our new Brain & Soul Boosting for Seniors’ Christmas special can help strengthen mental processes (cognition) and bring contentment that creates perfect conditions for ‘re-menting’ – that stepping through the fog momentarily as wholly themselves.
Although he’s loved by many as an actor and entertainer, there was little love or respect in Billy Connolly’s childhood. In his new book he describes one of the best things that happened to him was when an elderly man gave him a ‘bob-a-job’ along with respect and a listening ear.
Hairdresser says thank you to her older customers for their loyalty, and to encourage them as they come out of lock-down. She organises a fish and chip lunch and other retailers chip in to help, also.
Anti-vaxxers are entitled to their choices, but is it right that when they get Covid they put extra pressure on the NHS and people needing urgent treatment are denied it?
This week the nation teeters on the brink of choosing to serve God or Mammon. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan for funding social care properly is to raise national insurance contributions or taxes. But he is opposed by Cabinet members who say it is morally wrong to raise taxes. Is it morally right to refuse help to thousands of disabled adults, or frail elderly? Are we serving Mammon or Grace?
We are so used to living day by day, just coping and growing in faith that we rarely take time to wonder how life would look if the Serpent hadn’t ‘won’ in the Garden of Eden. Here are some thoughts by one of the world’s best Bible scholars.
With no cure for dementia attention turns to prevention and things that can hold the symptoms back – Brain & Soul Boosting Sessions are doing just that!
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