Delight yourself with music

Music and memory have a deep connection. Songs and melodies help us remember important events and information. Music engages different areas of the brain, including those associated with memory and emotions, such as the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. Sphère Média is working on a documentary series celebrating the power of music on the brain. Artist…

Tune in to your New Year’s resolutions

It’s only two weeks into the new year and you’re probably tired of being bombarded with those ads promoting weight loss plans and gym memberships. The problem with New Year’s resolutions is not getting started.  It’s staying the course that’s difficult.   Before you tune out, tune in! Hope for Dementia invites you to listen…

Give generously on Giving Tuesday

GIVING TUESDAY IS ON DECEMBER 3, 2024 With all the natural disasters in the world today, the tsunami of dementia that is coming is not being talked about very much. Currently nearly 700,000 persons in Canada live with some form of dementia and if trends continue, this number will rise to nearly 1,000,000 by 2030.…

Healthy Holidays! Healthy New Year!

“Happy new year and happy new you!” These are the wishes we will be hearing shortly. How about changing these wishes to “Healthy Holidays and a healthy new year!” Staying on course with your meal plan and exercise routine during the holidays and with new year’s resolutions is not always easy. Here’s some motivation to…

Your VOTE can get Hope for Dementia $10,000!

Your VOTE can get Hope for Dementia $10,000! Western Financial Group Communities Foundation through CanadaHelps is giving 10 charities $10,000 each on Giving Tuesday, 3 December, 2024. Hope for Dementia wants to be one of them! A donation of $10,000 will support the continuation of our Move for a Healthy Mind program, led by certified…

Dementia prevention: a new proactive approach

Hope for Dementia is thrilled to attend and speak at The Montreal Family Office and High Net Worth Conference on Wednesday 6 November. Camille Isaacs Morell will speak about a new proactive approach to dementia prevention. Current trends indicate that by 2030 there will be one million people living with dementia in Canada. A growing…