Absolute codswallop

Number 8.

'People with larger brains or who took more education are protected against dementia. Big heads often have bigger brains in them, but even if your hat size is small, you can develop on the inside. The important thing is to have some spare capacity if part of your brain starts to fade.'

What??? Are they serious?

Twaddle. I used to work with people with dementia - it could strike anyone.

Don't you just love the way these people talk absolute twaddle then put, 'Don't worry about it' at the bottom?

Why is GN promoting this obvious shite?

"or who took more education"

"The most common causes of dementia are called neurodegenerative diseases, and include Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, and dementia with Lewy bodies. With these diseases, the brain cells degenerate and die more quickly than is part of the normal ageing process."

No, of course the NHS is wrong. The old people up and down the country in care homes, suffering from dementia, did actually bring it on themselves because they didn't spend their pensions on vitamins, fish oils, and red wine.

How silly of them.

Although it does recommend a glass of a day so it can't all be codswallop surely?

"Ballroom dancing ....... is very good for postponing dementia"

Now you're really taking the piss!

(sorry for the foul language but I'm really 'effin cross at all this rubbish)

And, I can't believe this bit, it appears to be written by the Director of the Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) at the University of Stirling!!!

I looked after dementia sufferers for many years. They came from all walks of life. I looked after one of Winston Churchill's wartime secretaries, several ward sisters, one gentleman had been instrumental in setting up regional radio (Radio Newcastle). All had been active and well read. My Dad has vascular dementia, it has nothing to do with lifestyle choices. Dad walked for miles with his brothers, he ate healthily and looked after himself well. He has lived until 91 and is the life and soul of the care home. Where do they get this rubbish from?

I dont know much about it, but I thought no. 8 was particular rubbish too.
There seem to be a lot of brainy people who get it.

No more research necessary then?

All down to lifestyle.

I've got a large head and I'm as thick as two short planks. Mine must be full of shite air

Gifted musicians and academics get dementia, it does not discriminate.

"10 things you can do today to stop dementia tomorrow"

You have made a statement there Gransnet. Can we have your word that you can guarantee that it is true. Please.

Can I report a GN article to GN?

The moral here is - Take anything you see on the internet as rubbish, until you can prove otherwise, whoever posts it.

The second and third sentences in number 10 are too.
If you eat well, drink well, and ballroom dance you are definitely having a good time! . And if you get dementia you can carry on partying.

One of my Grandmothers, who lived to be about 95, never developed any kind of dementia and ; she took no excercise [ever] was overweight, didn't read and never had an intelligent thought in her life.

It's a random thing, striking the intelligent as well as anyone who, shall we say, is not?

I don't think they bother about what they put on here any more - GN is even more of an afterthought now than it ever was!

I've reported myself - in the absence of knowing what else to do - to elicit some sort of response from GN to justify publishing such claptrap.

Harold Wilson was, as one of his opponents memorably opined, 'too clever by half'. But he had Dementia.

The first person I ever nursed who had dementia had been the first female barrister in England (I'm told), spoke 6 languages fluently and had been a mountaineer until well in to her 60's........
I don't stand a chance against her.....!