Financial mistakes could be signs of dementia
“Research shows that people with dementia may be able to initially handle basic tasks, like routine bill paying or using an ATM card,” Bonnie Levin, Ph.D., director of the Division of Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neurosciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. “Eventually, everyday tasks — like paying for a purchase, calculating a tip and tracking one’s investments — also become challenging to handle on one’s own.”
Check out these red flags that may signal dementia — and some suggestions for protecting seniors from financial exploitation.
DOES THE HUMAN BRAIN LOSE A STEP AS WE AGE?
Researchers from the four McKnight Brain Institutes (UFlorida, UArizona, UAB at Birmingham and UMiami) gathered in Miami this summer to discuss healthy brain aging. The event was hosted by the Mcknight Brain Research Foundation and the University of Miami McKnight Brain Institute.
Memory lapses and slower thinking can be signs of a disease like Alzheimer’s. But Matt Huentelman of the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Phoenix presented that it just may mean someone’s brain is getting older. Dr. Christian Agudelo, a sleep neurologist at the University of Miami showed that the better you sleep, the better your brain health is going to be, both structurally and functionally. Other talks showed how we may find answers to better aging of the human brain across the lifespan.
