Mt. Diablo Memory Center

01/01/2024

I had the opportunity to join The Ready State podcast and have a broad discussion on sports concussions. We talked about concussion prevention and management. You can listen to the podcast on your preferred platform (e.g. Apple Podcast, Spotify) or from their webpage here:

Eric Freitag joins to talk about concussions and the protocol you need at the ready after a concussive event.

09/28/2023

This week is Frontal Temporal Dementia Awareness Week. I thought I would re-post this article I wrote a while back to provide some insight and information on this challenging condition:

Bruce Willis and Frontal Temporal Dementia. What to know about this fairly common form of dementia.

05/26/2023

With Bruce Willis in the news, frontal temporal dementia has garnered a lot of interest. This blog post will provide some basic information on this condition. https://wecareseniorlivingadvisors.com/blog/bruce-willis-and-frontal-temporal-dementia-what-to-know-about-this-fairly-common-form-of-dementia?fbclid=IwAR2_Fe4CL6zxR19iXzVUq6ZrVL8gF0hbAaeVMf3_lqENZOfl0VF9G2Zl6Rk

Bruce Willis and Frontal Temporal Dementia. What to know about this fairly common form of dementia.

05/25/2022

My latest blog post on leveraging technologies to enhance safety while aging in place

As we age, the overwhelming majority of us will require assistance with managing aspects of our daily lives. Mistakes in some areas, such as medication management, nutrition, and driving, can have profound consequences on health and well-being.

04/11/2022

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is vital for maintaining brain homeostasis by enabling an exquisite control of exchange of compounds between the blood and the brain parenchyma. Moreover, the BBB prevents unwanted toxins and pathogens from entering the brain. This barrier, however, breaks down with age...

12/15/2021

Important information for the holidays

Learn how to balance busy holiday activities with everyday care for a person with Alzheimer's disease.

11/09/2021

Find suggestions for activities that family members and friends can do with their loved one's with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia.

07/30/2021

In a paper appearing in Nature Medicine, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have reported evidence of a mechanism in the brain by which the COVID virus may gain access to and subsequently infect and damage brain cells.

05/25/2021

Clinical trial participants saw memory-enhancing benefits and disease modifying activities when taking Sargramostim. A new study suggests that Sargramostim, a medication often used to boost white blood cells after cancer treatments, is also effective in treating and improving memory in people wit

03/11/2021

Yum yum

March is National Nutrition Month—a time to raise awareness on how proper nutrition can impact every aspect of your life, not just physical health, but also your professional brain health, mood and productivity.

03/08/2021

Get to learning!