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No one gives it to us straight with this disease. But also, where else do you see disproportionately impacted, unapologetic patient and family centered advocates with brain expertise walking this long and hard journey with us? #dementia #caregiver Like and share this TikTok if you want to see more content like this from us!

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The saga continues with the the National Hockey League that we saw unfold unfortunately over too many years and with too much delay in the NFL. Justice delayed is justice denied in a progressive neurodegenerative disease like #dementia. Systematic rough-housing in this sport thru brutal fighting among enforcers, high-speed physicality, and body checking are special risks in hockey for concussions. Concussions are a kind of mild traumatic brain injury and #TBI is one of 14 known risk factors for dementia, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or #CTE being a particular kind. There is all this talk about #concussion management which can help with symptomatic recovery but we have no known strategy to reduce dementia risk once the brain has been injured in these sports. #Prevention is key.  To say otherwise is grossly unfair to the families of these players who join over 11M #caregivers of people living with dementia in the United States. The physical, emotional, social, and financial costs of CTE are incalculable.

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What can YOU do to prevent dementia and slow down its advancement? Many of us as caregivers related to the ones we care for are concerned about our own risk of dementia. Everyone seems to be focused on genetics, but it’s overwhelmingly the choices we make as individuals and as a society that determine whether we get dementia in our lives and how fast it advances. Follow us on a series of recomendations by our doctor and founder, Dona Murphey MD PhD to find out how to address them. #dementia #goodhealth #caregivers #PrognosUs