

What is brain reserve?
Brain reserve, otherwise known as 'cerebral' or 'cognitive reserve' is the theory that our intellectual ability, can (but not...


Living well at home with dementia
Helping a person with dementia to live at home is not always easy, and can require planning and ingenuity. Depending on the individual...


Mysterious migraine
Having a headache can make it hard enough during a busy day let alone any added symptoms of migraine. Migraine is extremely common and...


What causes a fall?
Falls in older patients are a major and preventable cause of morbidity and the requirement for higher levels of care, as well as...


Stroke and thinking
Stroke, as the name suggests, is a sudden event where the person may literally be 'struck down' at the tick of a clock by their...


Preventing the big D
Dementia has become a key issue in our community, and many of us ask, ‘how can I prevent dementia, or at the very least delay it?’....


Thinking through Parkinson's disease
When we think of Parkinson's disease, we often think of problems purely to do with movement, such as walking. However, it is now well...



























