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News Articles: dementia

Sharon Gwinn holds a picture of her husband, who had Lewy body dementia toward the end of his life. Reckless financial behavior was one of the first signs of the disease. "It's what attacked his brain first," Gwinn says.

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  • Health

A loved one's dementia will break your heart. Don't let it wreck your finances

Families can get blindsided by risky behavior with money, sometimes even before a diagnosis. Having tough conversations and setting up guardrails in advance can help prevent disaster.

June 14, 2023
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  • Sarah Boden
	 Rosalynn Carter chairs a meeting in Chicago, IL. for the President's Commission on Mental Health.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Rosalynn Carter's legacy on mental healthcare and support for caregivers

Friday on Political Rewind: In this pre-recorded conversation we discuss the outpouring of support for former first lady Rosalynn Carter as her family announced her dementia diagnosis. This news comes as she spent decades fighting to erase mental health stigma and find support for caregivers. We talk to executives at the Carter Center and the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers about her legacy.

June 09, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Nigut and
  • Natalie Mendenhall
On July 10, 2007, Rosalynn Carter testified before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee in favor of the Wellstone Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, calling for mental illnesses to be covered by insurance on par with physical illnesses.

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  • History

Rosalynn Carter has worked decades to reduce the stigma of mental illness. Here's a timeline

Recently diagnosed with dementia, Carter has worked for decade to promote the dignity and self-worth for people living with mental illnesses.

May 31, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
The former first lady Rosalynn Carter, pictured in 2019, was a dedicated champion of mental health care, working tirelessly to de-stigmatize mental health illness.

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  • National

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, her family says

The announcement comes less than four months after former President Jimmy Carter entered hospice care at the couple's home in Plains, Ga., following several stints in and out of the hospital.

May 31, 2023
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  • Vanessa Romo
The former first lady Rosalynn Carter speaks to the press at conference at The Carter Center on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, in Atlanta.

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  • News

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, the Carter Center says

The Carter Center is sharing the news that former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia. The center says her family wants people to know that she continues to live happily at home with her husband, visiting with loved ones and enjoying the spring weather in Plains.

May 30, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Jonnie Lewis-Thorpe, now 83, (right) lives with her daughter Angela Reynolds. She has Alzheimer's and lost her home due to symptoms of the disease.

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  • Health

As some families learn the hard way, dementia can take a toll on financial health

Reckless behavior with money can be a warning sign of cognitive decline — and the condition can put people at risk of financial ruin. There are few institutional safeguards in place.

May 12, 2023
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  • Sarah Boden
More than 1,000 people age 50 or older took one of four versions of the SAGE test.

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  • Health

Georgia has a plan to support families caring for dementia patients

The Georgia Alzheimer's Disease & Related Dementias Task Force has since 2014 sought ways to improve dementia research, awareness, training, and supportive care. 

March 17, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A new study looks for associations between changes in alcohol consumption and the risk of dementia, in research that is based on nearly 4 million people in South Korea.

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  • Your Health

Does drinking alcohol affect your dementia risk? We asked a researcher for insights

A large study found that cutting down on alcohol is a good idea. People who quit drinking also had increased risk of dementia, but researchers cautioned about drawing conclusions from that.

February 18, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
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  • Health

Actor Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia. Here's what to know about the disease

Willis family announced Thursday that his previous diagnosis of aphasia has progressed to frontotemporal dementia. The disease can cause issues with speaking and writing.

February 17, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
This illustration made available by the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health depicts cells in an Alzheimer's-affected brain. An experimental drug modestly slowed the brain disease's progression, researchers reported Tuesday.

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  • Science

Study: Alzheimer's drug shows modest success slowing declines in memory, thinking

In a large study, the experimental Alzheimer's drug lecanemab reduced the rate of cognitive decline by 27 percent in people in the early stages of the disease.

November 30, 2022
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  • Jon Hamilton
A doctor points to PET scan results that are part of Alzheimer's disease research. Much work in the field focuses a substance called beta-amyloid. A new study could test whether that's the right target.

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  • Science

What causes Alzheimer's? Study puts leading theory to 'ultimate test'

Researchers are launching a make-or-break study to test the conventional wisdom about what causes Alzheimer's disease.

November 02, 2022
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  • Jon Hamilton
An undated photo provided by the Larimer County Sheriff's Office of Austin Hopp in Fort Collins, Colo.

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  • National

Former policeman is sentenced to 5 years for the rough arrest of a woman with dementia

A former Colorado police officer shown on body camera video roughly arresting a 73-year-old woman with dementia and later seen joking about it was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison.

May 06, 2022
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Science

This form of memory loss is common — but most Americans don't know about it

Mild cognitive impairment, a common brain condition, can be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease. But most people don't know the symptoms. And some may mistake it for normal aging.

March 18, 2022
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  • Jon Hamilton
Portrait of Phillip Lyn taken by his spouse, Kurt Rehwinkel, outside their home in St. Louis.

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  • Health

For Those Facing Alzheimer's, A Controversial Drug Offers Hope

A plaque-busting Alzheimer's drug called Aduhelm has yet to prove it can preserve memory and thinking. Even so, its approval by the Food and Drug Administration is making some patients opitimistic.

June 15, 2021
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  • Jon Hamilton
<strong></strong>Anthony Hopkins says he remembers standing at his father's bedside when he died: "And I remember thinking to myself: Yeah, you're not so hot either, because one day it'll happen to you. This is life." Hopkins stars as Anthony, a man experiencing dementia, in <em>The Father.</em>

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  • Movie Interviews

'We Don't Know What's Coming': Anthony Hopkins Plays 'The Father' With Dementia

At 83, Hopkins says he knew exactly how the play his role in the film The Father. "I just had a sense of it," he says. The film was directed by Florian Zeller, whose grandmother had dementia.

February 26, 2021
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  • Steve Inskeep
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