Alzheimer's: The Second Epidemic
— Isolated and idle, care facility residents progress more rapidly toward dementia
A second pandemic shadows our land, trailing after COVID-19: a pandemic of slumbering brains. We isolated the elderly to protect them from the virus, leaving them alone at home or in congregate living with no visitors and minimal staff contact.
Social stimulation livens the brain, slowing the march of dementia. Apart from our clinical experience, mouse models of Alzheimer's prove that stimulation slows the memory loss, even while plaques and tangles still accumulate./.../
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