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April 30, 2025

Dementia Friends Volunteer Spotlights

This month we are spotlighting a few of our wonderful volunteers across the state. These dedicated individuals are making a difference in communities across the state by spreading awareness about dementia.

Categories: Community Stories, News, Dementia Friends

Community Spotlight: “Long Distance Daughter” and Member of our research center’s community advisory board

Eun Jeong Lee, PhD is a current member of our research center's Community Advisory Board. Dr. Lee brings over two decades of experience in ensuring that community perspectives are represented in research and health policy decisions. She can also offer insights from her own family experience with dementia and caregiving.

Categories: Team Spotlights, News

April 28, 2025

Researchers publish new guidelines to diagnose a type of memory loss commonly mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers have introduced new guidelines to diagnose LATE (Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy), a common memory disorder. LATE, both with and without co-occurring Alzheimer's pathology, affects over 10% of all individuals 65 years of age or older and about 25%–40% of those 85 years of age or older.

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April 25, 2025

UW Medicine offers second drug for early Alzheimer’s

“While we don’t know whether donanemab or lecanemab can arrest Alzheimer’s, they do appear to help people with mild cognitive impairment and extend the time they are independent and able to manage their daily lives,” Dr. Grabowski said.

Categories: New FDA Drug Approvals, Care & Treatment , News

March 31, 2025

Asian elders bring Tai Chi And Music to the Memory Hub, in Kin On’s Healthy Aging Program!

Every Monday afternoon at the Memory Hub, the sound of jubilant singing in the Mandarin Chinese language reverberates through the halls. A group of local community members are taking part in the Chinese Healthy Aging program, offered by Kin On Health Care Center on-site at the Memory Hub. The program includes brain-healthy and culturally significant activities beloved among Asian elders, such as Tai Chi, karaoke, and mahjong.

Categories: Community Stories, Brain Health, News, Memory Hub Spotlight, Programs

March 28, 2025

Serving Up Smiles at Bridges Bistro

Bridges Bistro aims to build dementia awareness while providing a meaningful volunteer opportunity for people with memory loss. We hope to be a bridge of connection between our neighbors with memory loss and dementia and the wider community.

Categories: Community Stories, News, Dementia-Friendly Community, Memory Hub Spotlight

March 06, 2025

Team Spotlight: Anastacia Kakorin

Anastacia Kakorin is a MBWC social work practicum student, focused on supporting and evaluating a wide variety of programs at the Memory Hub. She recently finished a Russian translation of dementia education materials.

Categories: Team Spotlights, Resources, News, Art, Dementia Friends, Memory Hub Spotlight, Programs

February 26, 2025

Updates about federal funding for UW Alzheimer’s disease research and other medical research

The UW Alzheimer's Disease Research Center receives federal funding through the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Categories: Science Updates, News

February 24, 2025

Could certain brain cells have a ‘superpower’ that shields them from the effects of Alzheimer’s?

Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most pressing public health challenges. As an aging-related disease, Alzheimer’s prevalence is expected to grow as the population continues to age. Kevin Lin, assistant professor of biostatistics in the UW School of Public Health, is working on new statistical methods to better understand whether certain brain cells have a "superpower" that shields them from the effects of Alzheimer’s.

Categories: Science Updates, News

February 21, 2025