Can Infectious Disease Vaccines Also Fight Dementia? – Katie Couric Media, August 5, 2025
Brain Health as You Age – Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2025
New Hope for Alzheimer’s: Lithium Supplement Reverses Memory Loss in Mice – Nature, August 6, 2025
Scientists Find Two Existing Drugs Can Reverse Alzheimers Brain Damage in Mice – Science Alert July 25, 2025
UVA Researchers: HIV Drugs Offer “Substantial” Alzheimer’s Protection – UVA Today May 2025
Shingles Vaccine Tied to Fewer Dementia Diagnoses – Australian Broadcasting Corporation April 2, 2025
Caregiving Can Test You, Body and Soul. It Can Also Unlock a New Sense of Self – NPR April 1, 2025
Scientists Working on an Alzheimer’s Cure Turn to Unlikeliest of Sources – Daily Mail January 22, 2025
Cancer Drug Can “Reverse” Alzheimer’s Before it Takes Hold, Study Suggests: ‘Could Impact Families, Society, Economy’ – Daily Mail August 22, 2024
How Long Is Too Long? UVA Research Could Extend Lifespan – May 2023 research results from the University of Virginia
What It’s Like to Have Alzheimer’s – Katie Couric Media short story – and wonderful, heartening video – about Rebecca Chopp’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis at 68, how that moment felt, how she wants to be treated, and what she has done since (lots! – see example from April 2024 when she spoke at Colgate University)
Out of Time – The Un-Becoming of Self – Harper’s Magazine article from 2018, poignant and relatable
Dying Broke – NY Times series examining how the immense financial costs of long-term care drain older Americans and their families
Extra Fees Drive Assisted Living Profit – NY Times (originally) article on care home costs November 2023
Is it Time to Rethink How We Care for Dementia Patients? – NPR’s On Point January 2023
A Care Revolution: Inside Canada’s First Dementia Village – Global News Canada May 2023
A French Village’s Radical Vision of a Good Life with Alzheimer’s – The New Yorker November 2022
My Grandmother Died at Home, Just as She Wanted. It Cost $145,000 – NPR Cognoscenti February 2023
It is NOT okay for people to go broke because they get sick or have a chronic condition – ever – Facing Financial Ruin as Costs Soar for Elder Care – NY Times November 2023
Put Your Own Oxygen Mask on First 