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      • What is the difference between dementia and Alzheimer's?
      • Memory problems
      • What is mild cognitive impairment (MCI)?
      • Is Alzheimer's disease hereditary?
      • Alzheimer's and genetics
      • Questions and Answers about Alzheimer's
      • Reversible dementia and pseudodementia
      • Dementia and Alzheimer's in young people
      • Even at age 50: How do you recognize signs of dementia at an early age?
      • Brain Atrophy
      • Dementia due to normal pressure hydrocephalus
    • Dementia – Risk Reduction
      • 40% of dementia cases are preventable
      • The benefits of an active lifestyle
      • Exercise and reducing the risk of dementia
      • Warm the body – and nourish the brain
      • Are coffee and tea healthy for the brain and reduce the risk of dementia?
      • Can a plant-based diet reduce the risk of dementia?
      • Which olive oil is good for the brain, and which is harmful?
      • Dementia and Women | How to Reduce Risk
      • 10 Ways to Maintain Brain Health for Women
      • Walking and delaying cognitive decline
      • Loneliness and dementia
      • Is exposure to light during sleep harmful to the brain?
      • Hearing loss and cognitive changes
      • The link between gum disease and dementia
      • Could anemia increase the risk of dementia years later?
    • Diagnosing dementia and Alzheimer's
      • Early signs of dementia, and how to diagnose
      • How do you know who has dementia?
      • Loss of sense of smell as a warning sign
      • Increased financial generosity as a precursor
      • Sleep duration as a cause and predictor of dementia
      • The importance of early diagnosis
      • Encouraging a person to seek diagnosis for cognitive decline
      • Diagnostic biomarkers and disease stages
    • Treatments for dementia and Alzheimer's
      • Treatments for dementia and Alzheimer's
      • Medication
      • Not all drugs are the same (even if their mechanism of action is similar)
      • For the first time: the drug that will put an end to one of the most difficult symptoms of dementia patients
      • Beware of false promises about medications
      • Rehabilitation of people with dementia
      • Clinical Guidelines | Dementia Treatment and Prevention
      • Clinical Trials – Dementia, Alzheimer's, and More
      • More about clinical studies
    • Advanced dementia and end of life
      • Dementia in advanced stages
      • Sensory Stimulation Activities as Dementia Advances
      • End-of-life tools for dementia
      • Home hospice and palliative care
    • Source database
      • Guides | Digital Library | The Joint
      • Maccabi | Preservation of cognitive ability
      • Blog | The Scientific Frontier
      • Knowledge complex on dementia issues
  • Information for families
    • Problems and who can help?
      • Who can help?
      • Memory clinics for diagnosis and treatment
    • Following a diagnosis of dementia and Alzheimer's
      • 5 important messages about dementia
      • Creating a safe home environment
      • 10 ways to stay safe at home
      • Security cameras in the home of a person with dementia
      • Supporting technologies
      • Preparing for a Competency Impairment
      • Financial management when you have dementia
      • Sharing a dementia diagnosis with the person themselves
      • Explaining Alzheimer's to children and adolescents
    • Exercise of rights | for the patient and the caregiver
      • Rights of Alzheimer's and Dementia Patients
      • Blog | Exercise of Rights
      • Rights and benefits for Holocaust survivors with dementia
      • Accessible equipment for people with dementia
      • Video Guide | Patient Rights
      • Facebook Group | The Courthouse
    • Communicating with a person with dementia
      • Correct communication with dementia patients
      • How to communicate well with a person with dementia
      • Compassionate care for people with dementia
      • Maintaining the dignity of a person with dementia
      • Respectful flexibility
      • Dealing with medication refusal
      • Preparation and communication during war
      • Blog | Guidance and tips for therapists
    • Tips for caregivers
      • Tips for caregivers
      • Behavioral disorders and coping methods
      • Sexuality and dementia
      • Eating and Nutrition in Dementia
      • Intermittent fasting and dementia
      • Incontinence
      • Dental pain and treatments
      • Sleep problems
      • Preparations for hospitalization
      • What kind of dog would be suitable for a person with dementia?
    • Activities for a person with dementia
      • Youth Music App
      • Activities for people with dementia | Download
      • Activities in a home environment
      • Reminiscing
      • Sensory stimulation at home
      • Playing music for a person with dementia
      • How to keep people with dementia active
      • 101 ideas for activation
    • Dementia during the holidays
      • Holidays with a person with dementia
      • Holiday activity file
      • More holiday activities
      • Activities for the Tishrei holidays
      • How to prepare for Hanukkah with a family member with dementia
      • Preparing for the Seder Night
      • Memories that float on Holocaust Remembrance Day
      • Coping with Holocaust Remembrance Day and Remembrance Day
      • Between memory and independence
    • Dementia and the seasons
      • Dementia in winter
      • Rain and winter weather forecasts
      • Fall Activities
      • Treatment during hot summer days
      • Summer activities
    • Who cares for the caregiver
      • The Ten Commandments for Caring for a Person with Dementia
      • The therapist's coping process
      • How to relax and calm down
      • Quality of life for the patient and caregiver
      • Is dementia contagious, and who takes care of the caregiver?
      • Small moments of kindness
      • How to maintain resilience
      • Alzheimer's at War
      • Tips for wartime
      • Mindfulness for family caregivers
      • Passover, freedom and dementia
      • Blog | Inspiration Corner
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      • Telephone support and advice center – *8889
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        • Dial *8889
      • EMDA's silent WhatsApp community
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        • WhatsApp Community | Link to join
      • EMDA's closed Facebook group
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        • Link to join Facebook support group
      • Local support groups
      • Zoom support groups
      • Zoom consultation hour
      • TELEM | Guidance and support for families
      • Family envelope | Patient case management
      • Volunteer Project | Connections from the Heart
    • courses and tutorials
      • Digital course for family caregivers
      • Digital course for foreign workers
      • Cogniclub | Brain Gym
      • Memory workshop for those over 60
      • Stress and tension release workshop
      • Dementia Friends Lectures
      • Trainings and workshops for organizations
    • EMDA Guides for Caring Family Members
      • The Complete Guide to Dementia – Free Download
      • A roadmap for dealing with dementia
      • A guide to eating and dementia
      • To eat and live with dignity
      • A guide to showering and bathing for a person with dementia
      • Alzheimer's and Dementia Patients' Rights Guide
      • Driving Competency Guide and Dementia
      • A guide to preventing wandering in people with dementia
      • Advanced Dementia – A Guide for Families
      • Choosing a nursing home for a person with dementia
      • End of Life in Dementia – The Complete Guide
      • A guide to handling security-related stress days
      • Guide to hiring a foreign worker (nursing)
      • Guidelines for foreign workers during wartime
    • EMDA's content for families with dementia
      • EMDA's blog
      • Articles by EMDA
      • EMDA Webinars
      • Monthly newsletter by email | Sign up link
      • Knowledge complex on dementia issues
      • Videos and lectures on YouTube
      • Dedicated sound space for dementia
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      • Zoom consultation hour
      • Telem Program – Home Support
      • Joining the EMDA Association
    • Products and gadgets
      • Power watch with satellite tracking
      • Classic watch with satellite tracking
      • Grace watch with satellite tracking
      • Notebook and pen set
      • Branded drinking bottle
      • T-shirt
    • Starter kits
      • "Creating with Pleasure" Kit – New!
      • "Golden Memories" Kit
      • "Sense Sense" kit – New!
      • In an armchair with Picasso
      • Networking and Skills Kit
      • Conversation Cards: Talking About Dementia
      • "The Brain" booklet – New!
    • Books and manuals
      • Dementia: The Caregiver's Guide | Dana Parr
      • The Voice of Forgetfulness | Kinneret Oren
      • The Brain | Cognitive Practice Booklet
  • How to support EMDA?
    • Blog | How to help
    • Join as members of the association
      • Joining an association
      • Blog | Join the association as a member
    • Donate to the EMDA Association
    • Subscribe to Circle for Good
      • Amda | Rounded to the Right
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    • Volunteer for the EMDA Association
      • Volunteering in an association
      • Blog | Volunteering for the EMDA Association
    • Collaborations have been promoted
    • Advertise on EMDA's website and guides
    • Referred families with dementia to EMDA
    • Share EMDA's information
    • Interviewed by the press
    • Join as lecturers
    • Make EMDA's content available in more languages
    • Shop at EMDA's store
    • Book trainings
      • Trainings and workshops for organizations
      • Memory workshop for those over 60
      • Stress and tension release workshop
      • Dementia Friends Lectures
  • Information for professionals
    • EMDA's annual conference
      • EMDA's annual conference
      • Conference Book | 2025
      • Conference Recordings | 2020
    • Professional trainings
      • Training for professionals
      • Digital course for foreign workers
      • Join as lecturers
    • Articles and recommendations for professionals
      • Do personalized activities improve the quality of life of people with dementia?
      • The importance of familiarity with life history
      • Bereavement support for family caregivers
      • Highlights of physiotherapy treatment for a person with dementia
    • Information sources for professionals
      • Clinical Guidelines | Dementia Treatment and Prevention
      • Diagnostic biomarkers and disease stages
      • Treatments for dementia and Alzheimer's
      • Clinical trials in dementia and Alzheimer's
      • Advanced Dementia – A Guide for Professionals
    • The National Dementia Program
      • The National Dementia Program | 2013
      • Research on the implementation of the program | 2022
  • About EMDA
    • About EMDA Association
      • About the EMDA Association
      • The strategy of the EMDA Association
      • Collaborations
      • Communication Kit | Press Room
    • EMDA in the media
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      • Articles by EMDA
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      • EMDA in the Media 02/26: A Look Back at the Past Year and Ahead to the Future
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    • Contact us
  • About dementia and Alzheimer's
    • Dementia and Alzheimer's
      • Alzheimer's disease
      • What is dementia?
      • What is the difference between dementia and Alzheimer's?
      • Memory problems
      • What is mild cognitive impairment (MCI)?
      • Is Alzheimer's disease hereditary?
      • Alzheimer's and genetics
      • Questions and Answers about Alzheimer's
      • Reversible dementia and pseudodementia
      • Dementia and Alzheimer's in young people
      • Even at age 50: How do you recognize signs of dementia at an early age?
      • Brain Atrophy
      • Dementia due to normal pressure hydrocephalus
    • Dementia – Risk Reduction
      • 40% of dementia cases are preventable
      • The benefits of an active lifestyle
      • Exercise and reducing the risk of dementia
      • Warm the body – and nourish the brain
      • Are coffee and tea healthy for the brain and reduce the risk of dementia?
      • Can a plant-based diet reduce the risk of dementia?
      • Which olive oil is good for the brain, and which is harmful?
      • Dementia and Women | How to Reduce Risk
      • 10 Ways to Maintain Brain Health for Women
      • Walking and delaying cognitive decline
      • Loneliness and dementia
      • Is exposure to light during sleep harmful to the brain?
      • Hearing loss and cognitive changes
      • The link between gum disease and dementia
      • Could anemia increase the risk of dementia years later?
    • Diagnosing dementia and Alzheimer's
      • Early signs of dementia, and how to diagnose
      • How do you know who has dementia?
      • Loss of sense of smell as a warning sign
      • Increased financial generosity as a precursor
      • Sleep duration as a cause and predictor of dementia
      • The importance of early diagnosis
      • Encouraging a person to seek diagnosis for cognitive decline
      • Diagnostic biomarkers and disease stages
    • Treatments for dementia and Alzheimer's
      • Treatments for dementia and Alzheimer's
      • Medication
      • Not all drugs are the same (even if their mechanism of action is similar)
      • For the first time: the drug that will put an end to one of the most difficult symptoms of dementia patients
      • Beware of false promises about medications
      • Rehabilitation of people with dementia
      • Clinical Guidelines | Dementia Treatment and Prevention
      • Clinical Trials – Dementia, Alzheimer's, and More
      • More about clinical studies
    • Advanced dementia and end of life
      • Dementia in advanced stages
      • Sensory Stimulation Activities as Dementia Advances
      • End-of-life tools for dementia
      • Home hospice and palliative care
    • Source database
      • Guides | Digital Library | The Joint
      • Maccabi | Preservation of cognitive ability
      • Blog | The Scientific Frontier
      • Knowledge complex on dementia issues
  • Information for families
    • Problems and who can help?
      • Who can help?
      • Memory clinics for diagnosis and treatment
    • Following a diagnosis of dementia and Alzheimer's
      • 5 important messages about dementia
      • Creating a safe home environment
      • 10 ways to stay safe at home
      • Security cameras in the home of a person with dementia
      • Supporting technologies
      • Preparing for a Competency Impairment
      • Financial management when you have dementia
      • Sharing a dementia diagnosis with the person themselves
      • Explaining Alzheimer's to children and adolescents
    • Exercise of rights | for the patient and the caregiver
      • Rights of Alzheimer's and Dementia Patients
      • Blog | Exercise of Rights
      • Rights and benefits for Holocaust survivors with dementia
      • Accessible equipment for people with dementia
      • Video Guide | Patient Rights
      • Facebook Group | The Courthouse
    • Communicating with a person with dementia
      • Correct communication with dementia patients
      • How to communicate well with a person with dementia
      • Compassionate care for people with dementia
      • Maintaining the dignity of a person with dementia
      • Respectful flexibility
      • Dealing with medication refusal
      • Preparation and communication during war
      • Blog | Guidance and tips for therapists
    • Tips for caregivers
      • Tips for caregivers
      • Behavioral disorders and coping methods
      • Sexuality and dementia
      • Eating and Nutrition in Dementia
      • Intermittent fasting and dementia
      • Incontinence
      • Dental pain and treatments
      • Sleep problems
      • Preparations for hospitalization
      • What kind of dog would be suitable for a person with dementia?
    • Activities for a person with dementia
      • Youth Music App
      • Activities for people with dementia | Download
      • Activities in a home environment
      • Reminiscing
      • Sensory stimulation at home
      • Playing music for a person with dementia
      • How to keep people with dementia active
      • 101 ideas for activation
    • Dementia during the holidays
      • Holidays with a person with dementia
      • Holiday activity file
      • More holiday activities
      • Activities for the Tishrei holidays
      • How to prepare for Hanukkah with a family member with dementia
      • Preparing for the Seder Night
      • Memories that float on Holocaust Remembrance Day
      • Coping with Holocaust Remembrance Day and Remembrance Day
      • Between memory and independence
    • Dementia and the seasons
      • Dementia in winter
      • Rain and winter weather forecasts
      • Fall Activities
      • Treatment during hot summer days
      • Summer activities
    • Who cares for the caregiver
      • The Ten Commandments for Caring for a Person with Dementia
      • The therapist's coping process
      • How to relax and calm down
      • Quality of life for the patient and caregiver
      • Is dementia contagious, and who takes care of the caregiver?
      • Small moments of kindness
      • How to maintain resilience
      • Alzheimer's at War
      • Tips for wartime
      • Mindfulness for family caregivers
      • Passover, freedom and dementia
      • Blog | Inspiration Corner
  • Family support
    • EMDA's solution portfolio
      • EMDA's solution portfolio
      • Printing Solutions Basket | Black and White
      • Printing Solutions Basket | Colorful
      • Blog | Spotlight on a Solution
    • Support and guidance for families
      • Telephone support and advice center – *8889
        • Telephone support and advice center – *8889
        • Dial *8889
      • EMDA's silent WhatsApp community
        • EMDA's silent WhatsApp community
        • WhatsApp Community | Link to join
      • EMDA's closed Facebook group
        • EMDA's closed Facebook group
        • Link to join Facebook support group
      • Local support groups
      • Zoom support groups
      • Zoom consultation hour
      • TELEM | Guidance and support for families
      • Family envelope | Patient case management
      • Volunteer Project | Connections from the Heart
    • courses and tutorials
      • Digital course for family caregivers
      • Digital course for foreign workers
      • Cogniclub | Brain Gym
      • Memory workshop for those over 60
      • Stress and tension release workshop
      • Dementia Friends Lectures
      • Trainings and workshops for organizations
    • EMDA Guides for Caring Family Members
      • The Complete Guide to Dementia – Free Download
      • A roadmap for dealing with dementia
      • A guide to eating and dementia
      • To eat and live with dignity
      • A guide to showering and bathing for a person with dementia
      • Alzheimer's and Dementia Patients' Rights Guide
      • Driving Competency Guide and Dementia
      • A guide to preventing wandering in people with dementia
      • Advanced Dementia – A Guide for Families
      • Choosing a nursing home for a person with dementia
      • End of Life in Dementia – The Complete Guide
      • A guide to handling security-related stress days
      • Guide to hiring a foreign worker (nursing)
      • Guidelines for foreign workers during wartime
    • EMDA's content for families with dementia
      • EMDA's blog
      • Articles by EMDA
      • EMDA Webinars
      • Monthly newsletter by email | Sign up link
      • Knowledge complex on dementia issues
      • Videos and lectures on YouTube
      • Dedicated sound space for dementia
  • EMDA Store
    • Family support
      • Zoom consultation hour
      • Telem Program – Home Support
      • Joining the EMDA Association
    • Products and gadgets
      • Power watch with satellite tracking
      • Classic watch with satellite tracking
      • Grace watch with satellite tracking
      • Notebook and pen set
      • Branded drinking bottle
      • T-shirt
    • Starter kits
      • "Creating with Pleasure" Kit – New!
      • "Golden Memories" Kit
      • "Sense Sense" kit – New!
      • In an armchair with Picasso
      • Networking and Skills Kit
      • Conversation Cards: Talking About Dementia
      • "The Brain" booklet – New!
    • Books and manuals
      • Dementia: The Caregiver's Guide | Dana Parr
      • The Voice of Forgetfulness | Kinneret Oren
      • The Brain | Cognitive Practice Booklet
  • How to support EMDA?
    • Blog | How to help
    • Join as members of the association
      • Joining an association
      • Blog | Join the association as a member
    • Donate to the EMDA Association
    • Subscribe to Circle for Good
      • Amda | Rounded to the Right
      • Blog | Circle for Good
    • Volunteer for the EMDA Association
      • Volunteering in an association
      • Blog | Volunteering for the EMDA Association
    • Collaborations have been promoted
    • Advertise on EMDA's website and guides
    • Referred families with dementia to EMDA
    • Share EMDA's information
    • Interviewed by the press
    • Join as lecturers
    • Make EMDA's content available in more languages
    • Shop at EMDA's store
    • Book trainings
      • Trainings and workshops for organizations
      • Memory workshop for those over 60
      • Stress and tension release workshop
      • Dementia Friends Lectures
  • Information for professionals
    • EMDA's annual conference
      • EMDA's annual conference
      • Conference Book | 2025
      • Conference Recordings | 2020
    • Professional trainings
      • Training for professionals
      • Digital course for foreign workers
      • Join as lecturers
    • Articles and recommendations for professionals
      • Do personalized activities improve the quality of life of people with dementia?
      • The importance of familiarity with life history
      • Bereavement support for family caregivers
      • Highlights of physiotherapy treatment for a person with dementia
    • Information sources for professionals
      • Clinical Guidelines | Dementia Treatment and Prevention
      • Diagnostic biomarkers and disease stages
      • Treatments for dementia and Alzheimer's
      • Clinical trials in dementia and Alzheimer's
      • Advanced Dementia – A Guide for Professionals
    • The National Dementia Program
      • The National Dementia Program | 2013
      • Research on the implementation of the program | 2022
  • About EMDA
    • About EMDA Association
      • About the EMDA Association
      • The strategy of the EMDA Association
      • Collaborations
      • Communication Kit | Press Room
    • EMDA in the media
      • Blog | EMDA in the Media
      • Articles by EMDA
      • EMDA's blog
      • EMDA in the Media 02/26: A Look Back at the Past Year and Ahead to the Future
    • EMDA on social networks
      • WhatsApp Community | Link to join
      • EMDA's Facebook page
      • Facebook support group
      • EMDA's YouTube channel
      • EMDA's LinkedIn page
      • EMDA's X Channel (Twitter)
    • News and Events
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      • Blog | News and Events
      • Monthly Newsletter | Sign Up Link
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