An exploration of the representational culture of Alzheimer's disease and how media
technologies shape our ideas of cognition and aging With no known cause or cure despite a …

This dissertation explores how visual culture constructs, informs, and responds to
Alzheimer's disease in the United States. As a potential epidemic and the source of …

Have the social safety nets, environmental protections, and policies to redress wealth and
income inequality enacted after World War II contributed to declining rates of dementia today …

In the therapeutic void created by over 20 failed Alzheimer's disease drugs during the past
decade, a new marketplace of “brain fitness” technology products has emerged. Ranging …

Here is the brief review of this book: Read it. Now. Why should we be so emphatic? There
are few books that have the potential to change paradigms, challenge entrenched social …

Scientific reports hold a mirror up to a culture, reflecting the beliefs, values, assumptions,
practices, technologies, and political-economic interests that shape discourse around …

By 2050 it is anticipated that Americans aged 65 or older will double and increase to nearly
89 million people (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 2013). As this population …

In the course of his seminal work in the dementia care field, Tom Kitwood noted that it was
impossible “… to enter fully into the experiential frame of another person, simply because …

News of Alzheimer's disease is constantly in the headlines. Every day we hear heart-
wrenching stories of people caring for a loved one who has become a shell of their former …