Dr. Samir Sinha speaks with patient Leora Dowswell, who has a fractured hip and wrist, as part of the geriatrics consultation service at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto on March 25, 2011. Dr. Sinha treats his patients both at home and in the hospital. (Jennifer Roberts for the Globe and Mail)
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Effective elder care starts at home, experts say
Doctors in Toronto and India have found that home care and house calls can help stave off several problems that come with old age
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Your dementia questions answered
The Globe’s lead reporters on the dementia series found answers to the questions you asked
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Part I
Why Canada needs a national strategy
Our health system is woefully unprepared for the oncoming crisis. The Globe presents a seven-point plan to grapple with it.
Woman's overnight death shines light on dangers of dementia
66-year-old Toronto woman's death shines a light on worst nightmare of those caring for family members with dementia
'Since her illness, she just grips so tight'
Since her second major stroke last month, Thuy Nguyen's confusion has grown so great that she rarely leaves her daughter's side when she comes to visit
Finding the normal person behind the dementia
The Montessori method can improve the lives of the afflicted
Barbara Grais: A wife retreats
Her illness has left her unable to cook or manage the household, so her husband, Gary, has had to learn, all while mourning the loss of intimacy
Community, not technology, is what people with dementia need
We should be looking out for one another, not tracking the ill with GPS
Scientists look to new imaging techniques to measure metals in the brain
Innovative imaging may be essential to understanding the role metals play in brain disease
Insulin may hold key to ‘diabetes of the brain'
Conventional wisdom has drawn a blank, so researchers are pursuing other ways to attack Alzheimer's
Brain teasers may help stave off memory loss
Doing daily cognitive exercises can delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease, a new study finds
‘No way in hell I’m giving my mom a bath’
Jeff Marier retired early and now cares for his mother, Mary, as she battles Alzheimer’s. But he can’t help but wonder if the disease is in his future as well
‘Families take care of their own’
That’s the mantra of many new Canadians, but dementia is testing the fabric of communities
A forgotten piece of the family picture
Experts urge openness with children and teens who may blame themselves or worry the disease will be in their future
Told to forget her husband, a support-network pioneer refused
After being told to forget him, Madeleine Honeyman vowed never to let others be treated the same
Canadians know way too little about dementia, survey finds
One in four people surveyed could not name a single symptom of the degenerative brain illness
Banking watchdog to track dementia-related cases
Move will help gauge how badly Canadians with diminished capacity are being mistreated when it comes to their money
