Being someone who feels as if the dementia (that includes Alz) is knocking on my mental door (81 y.o.) I have been reading about it a lot recently, starting with the most reliable sources first.

Thankfully the most reassuring new I have come across also seems to be within reach of each of us: People who are 'alive fully' As If all the hours of their life are not enough to do what they Truly wish to do as they live a robust SOCIALLY Engaging life that builds their Cognitive Reserve .... pursuing their individual directions driven by a Purpose.

The study that truly blew me away was one that found the brain autopsies done on people who had lived long lives Without showing Any Symptoms of Brain Disease, also had brains that were riddled with clear Signs of this brain disease. That is, if you met any one of them alive just before they died, you would think if there is ONE thing they Don't have is dementia/Alz ... and yet you do autopsies on their dead bodies and find the utter opposite: their brains are clearly showing the typical damage we associate with dementia/Alz.

Maybe nature is telling us: Live Life in Full and You'll be Fine.