Register Here Team Site Our Team Since its inaugural year in 2012, team Athletes to End Alzheimer’s® (ATEA) has represented CaringKind, New York City's leading expert on Alzheimer’s and dementia caregiving in one of New York’s top races – the New York City Half Marathon. Runners take to Central Park and the streets of NYC, showing their support for the cause and their affected loved ones. The NYC Half is a 13.1 mile race featuring a field of over 20,000 runners who will enjoy an iconic NY [...]

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Can you complete the STAR CHALLENGE? What is the Star Challenge? CaringKind's Star Challenge attempts to put yourself in the shoes of the person with dementia while doing what seems to be an easy task. After completing the challenge our hope is you become more aware of a person with Dementia's state of mind. How do I perform the challenge? Create your own star or download [https://www.caringkindnyc.org/content/images/2018/12/star-1.png] our star template. Draw a star in the middle of the 2 sta [...]

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Shopping Partners LOVE & MOXIE Ties that Bind Determined to raise Alzheimer’s awareness in style, mother-daughter duo Renée and Danielle created LOVE & MOXiE — hand-making bags and accessories. Tying together past memories to create new stories, LOVE & MOXiE creates one-of-a-kind products from deconstructed vintage and thrifted finds and specializes in creating custom pieces from clients’ cherished clothing items, donating $2 of every item sold to Alzheimer’s organizations such as CaringKin [...]

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Caring Though Music: A New Short Film by CaringKind and Bang & Olufsen Caring Through Music documents the transformative power of music, and documents how relatives and caregivers use music to spark memories for people with Alzheimer’s. Inspired by research showing that music is stored in a part of the brain not affected by the same degree of memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s or dementia, Caring Through Music explores how music is being used as a tool to reconnect with memories of the pa [...]

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As we are living longer, scientists and researchers are working to identify risk factors in developing Alzheimer’s disease and how to use that information in daily life. Age, genetics, and lifestyle all may play a part. There is growing evidence that a combination of interventions i.e. aerobic exercise, weight training, optimal sleep patterns, adopting a heart-healthy Mediterranean diet rich in monounsaturated fats, low in saturated fats and eliminating trans fats from the diet all could impact [...]

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