August 30, 2021
Research shows that keeping your heart healthy could play a role in keeping your memory sharp later in life.
February 9, 2021
A new blood test is being developed to replace expensive and intrusive tests for Alzheimer’s. This new test can diagnose Alzheimer’s up to 20 years early, so patients can begin treatment and manage the disease sooner.
June 5, 2020
It’s well known that people who don’t maintain connections with friends, family and society tend to experience a higher rate of chronic and life-limiting health problems. This is especially true for people who suffer from an increased risk of loneliness and isolation as they head into their sixties and beyond. Senior communal living offers many benefits to avoid these issues. Totalcare takes a closer look at them here.
June 3, 2020
Hogeweyk Dementia Village in the Netherlands is the first of its kind, offering a secure gated community where residents with dementia can live a seemingly normal life in a familiar lifestyle setting. Find out more about it in the South African context, and how we are bringing the concept to life at Ikaria in our Belenois Retirement Village.
May 29, 2017
Despite the physical ravages of age, older people are actually happier than younger adults. So finds a new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, […]
April 25, 2017
Alzheimer’s is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States and there are more than 5 million people currently suffer from the mental disintegration […]
March 14, 2017
Tests on mice showed that therapeutic antibodies could be attached to the shark-derived antibodies, which acted as a transporter enabling the barrier to be crossed. Lundbeck, […]