Brain Health Bulletin 2

1. Brain Health Bulletin
V O L U M E 2
From Dementia Care Specialists ADRC Southwest Wisconsin July 27, 2022

2. Disclaimer
Reference in this Brain Health Bulletin to any
specific commercial products, processes, or
services, or the use of any trade, firm, or
corporation name is for the information and
convenience of the public, and does not
constitute endorsement, recommendation, or
favoring by the ADRC, or its officers, employees
or agents.

3. Source: Strokes and Brain Health (Infographic) | American Stroke Association

4. Aducanumab
L A T E ST I N F O R M A T I O N
According to Dr. Kim Johnson, Division Chief of Memory Disorders at
Duke Health, Aducanumab has been approved for use by the FDA.
This medicine is administered via infusion once a month. This
medicine removes amyloid from the brain. Although the medicine
removes amyloid protein from the brain, it remains unknown how
this medication may effect thinking, cognition, and functioning.
More research is being conducted to understand its effects.
Source: https://youtu.be/3cTCOkSgBik

5. Sarah offers a number of free training options!
WANT MORE INFO?
CONTACT:
SARAH ALLEN
CARE TRANSITION
COORDINATOR
SALLEN@STCROIXHOSPICE.COM
608.331.0648
Want to learn more
about hospice care?

6. Research
Updates
-People with dementia have a higher risk of getting COVID-19,
are more likely to require hospitalization, and are more likely to
have severe or fatal cases of this disease compared with people
without dementia. This risk is even higher in African American
patients with dementia.
Source: Dementia increases the risk and severity of COVID-19, study finds | National Institute on
Aging (nih.gov)
-The use of telehealth to reach dementia patients with limited
access to Dementia Care Specialists shows evidence of reducing
crisis situations and ER visits.
Source: Telehealth: Improving Dementia Care | National Institute on Aging (nih.gov)
-UMN physician and neuroscientist Karen Ashe responded to a
bombshell Science report published last week, which alleges
that key images from one of the most cited research papers on
Alzheimer’s disease this century might have been intentionally
fabricated, throwing off years and hundreds of millions of
dollars worth of taxpayer-funded research.
Source: Amid flood of Alzheimer's research, questionable conduct persists - UPI.com

7. C U L T U R A L L Y T A I L O R E D
I N T E R V E N T I O N S
A study showed that
Latino caregivers viewed
family centered home
care as a culturally
embedded value. It also
showed providers need
to understand the ways
in which caregivers must
negotiate the tension
between cultural beliefs
and the demands of their
individual
circumstances.
Source: Dementia caregiving: the experiences of
Hispanic/Latino caregivers - PubMed (nih.gov)

8. CARE PARTNERS
ANDALCOHOL
"The burden of caregiving can often lead to
isolation and loneliness, giving rise to alcohol
abuse. Caregivers can be more vulnerable to
alcohol abuse and how it plays into their attempts
to cope with stress and exhaustion associated with
caregiving."
Alcohol Abuse and Caregivers - A Real Problem Affecting More Families | LTC News

9. Check out Episode 2 of The Resilient Caregiver
Podcast! Make sure to subscribe to catch all of
our interviews with amazing experts who can
empower you be resilient during your journey
of caregiving!
Learn more at
https://anchor.fm/theresilientcaregiver

10. Have you seen the film Everybody's Oma?
Or followed the Facebook Page
@omasapplesauce
Learn more at
www.everybodysoma.com

11. Technology
The longest-standing use of technology in dementia is in
assessment. Two touchscreen-based cognitive assessment
batteries – Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery
and Examen Cognitif par Ordinateur were developed in Europe in
the 1980s and 1990s.
In terms of dementia diagnosis, there have been increasing
applications of various machine learning approaches, most
commonly with imaging data for diagnosis and disease
progression. This includes amyloid PET imaging, MR imaging and
combined PET and MR imaging.
The Big Data for Advancing Dementia Research project concluded
that big data could potentially accelerate dementia research and
technology development by helping recognize factors that
contribute to dementia, identifying individuals with dementia
earlier, promoting better support for dementia care and creating
new analysis methods (e.g., data mining) that could result in new
research opportunities
Source: Technology and Dementia: The Future is Now -PMC (nih.gov)

12. Technology
Adiona is a new app available that can be utilized on
devices like a smartwatch.
It has an artificial intelligence algorithm which
predicts agitation.
Adiona | Dementia Care Technologies (adionahealth.com)
An online tool was created by National Institute of Aging and
National Institute of Health in hopes of getting more African
American and Hispanic dementia patients to participate in
clinical trials. The tool is called Outreach Pro.
Source: Source: NIH unveils new online tool to improve Alzheimer’s clinical
trials recruitment | National Institute on Aging

13. Upcoming Event

14. Upcoming Event

15. Upcoming Event

16. Upcoming Event
Please note! Susan Marshall, the author, will be joining the last session of the
book club for an author “meet and greet." She will take direct questions and
comments from those who are participating in the book club!

17. Make sure to Like and Follow the
Dementia Care Specialist Page on
Facebook @adrcswwi.dementia! If you
have any friends or clients who would
benefit from getting information about
how to be a resilient caregiver, please
recommend this page to them!

18. Questions?
If you have any questions reach out to us at
bbeam@gchsd.org
bbiddick@gchsd.org

19. Disclaimer
Reference in this Brain Health Bulletin to any
specific commercial products, processes, or
services, or the use of any trade, firm, or
corporation name is for the information and
convenience of the public, and does not
constitute endorsement, recommendation, or
favoring by the ADRC, or its officers,
employees or agents.