CaringKind Launches Blue Zones Challenge in the Bronx to Promote Healthier Lifestyles
Creating Positive Impact in Combating Alzheimer’s and Dementia-Related Disease
CaringKind, a leading expert on Alzheimer’s and dementia caregiving, today announced the launch of the Blue Zones Challenge in the Bronx, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at helping people adopt healthier lifestyles to help reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The Blue Zones Challenge is evidence-based and built on research from Blue Zones, the company known for identifying and researching the “blue zones”, or the regions of the world where people live extraordinarily long and healthy lives with low rates of chronic disease.
Starting today and running through May 27, 2025, CaringKind and Blue Zones are bringing the healthy lifestyle habits of the longest-lived regions of the world to a small group of caregivers, individuals with dementia, and others interested in brain health. Through the challenge, a select cohort of Bronx residents and a select cohort of individuals living with dementia outside the Bronx will participate in a four-week program to jumpstart the journey towards better health with access to resources, community support, and self-assessments to track their progress in adopting these practices. This program will include tracking Blue Zones activities daily and improving social connections and one’s surroundings to support healthy behaviors.
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CaringKind to Host 38th Annual Research Symposium
Breakthroughs in Music, Sound, and Dementia Research on March 31st in NYC
The symposium will feature leaders in dementia research, treatment, and care including moderator Michael Sheldrick and panelists Sarah Lenz Lock, JD, Dr. Connie Tomaino, and Joy Allen, PhD, MT-BC. Attendees will learn how music and sound affect the brain, why recognition of music endures even in the late stages of dementia, and the promising frontiers of sound-based interventions. The expert panel will explore the profound ways music and sound can foster connection, communication, and quality of life for people living with dementia.
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CaringKind’s 27th Forget-Me-Not Gala Shines with Stars
CaringKind’s Spectacular 27th Annual Forget-Me-Not Gala Illuminated by Stars David Hyde Pierce and Q-Tip at The Pierre on June 12th Supporting Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care
A constellation of stars, including Tony and Four-time Emmy Award-winning actor and activist David Hyde Pierce, and Grammy Award-winning artist and producer Q-Tip, of A Tribe Called Quest shone brightly at CaringKind’s 27th annual Forget-Me-Not Gala on Monday, June 12th, at the iconic Pierre Hotel in NYC.
CaringKind raised an astonishing 1.3 million towards supporting the organization’s mission. All proceeds of the event benefited CaringKind. CaringKind is New York City’s leading expert on Alzheimer’s and dementia caregiving. PURIST and Schneps Media served as media sponsors for the evening.
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Christmas with dementia
Families of Alzheimer’s patients reveal how the cruel illness makes festive season ‘heart-wrenching’ and ‘anxiety-driven’ – as data shows 16m Americans will be caregivers this year
Millions of Americans dread the chaos of spending the Christmas holiday with relatives and in-laws.
But Esther Blair Schiffman, whose mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at 50, and Amy Hatkoff, whose sister passed away after a 12-year battle with the memory-robbing disease, would do anything to have those moments – both good and bad – back again.
Ms Schiffman and her mother usually spend the holidays at her grandmother’s home in Florida, where the whole family gathers together – but recent years have looked different.
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