After the Diagnosis: Physical Therapy for the Brain
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After the Diagnosis: Physical Therapy for the Brain
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Saskia Siderow talks with Daniel Kelly, cofounder of NewDays, in her latest Aging Almanac piece on life after a dementia diagnosis. The article explores the full landscape of options available to newly-diagnosed families, from symptom-management and disease-modifying drugs to daily habits like diet, exercise, and sleep, and features NewDays' approach to cognitive stimulation therapy, which pairs biweekly video sessions with a licensed clinician and daily practice with an AI cognitive trainer called Sunny. Kelly describes the model as "physiotherapy for your brain," and the piece follows NewDays patient TJ Pidgeon and her daughter Andrea through their experience with it.
Read the full piece: Act Two: After the Diagnosis
