October 2021 - Charting New Roads

How Alzheimer’s Villages Are Helping Mitigate the Effects of Dementia

October 31, 2021October 20, 2021 by The Northern Charitable Foundation

Dembitzer - Charting New Roads - Dementia Village

In a fascinating medical/social initiative, the Village Landais Alzheimer (Landes Alzheimer’s Village) in France took in 105 individuals with early to late-stage Alzheimer’s to study whether having them grouped together in a micro-village setting could help ease symptoms of the disease. The project, which is ongoing from 2020 until 2025, aims to provide better care … Read more

Why The Northern Charitable Foundation Sponsors the Prevention GENEration Program

October 31, 2021October 13, 2021 by The Northern Charitable Foundation

Rosa Dembitzer - Breast cancer awareness month

We are very passionate about sponsoring the Israel Cancer Association’s Prevention GENEration Program in collaboration with The Israel Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Consortium. The aim of the program is to reduce cancer morbidity in Israel by promoting research, prevention, early detection, treatment modalities, and means of rehabilitation. The High Rate of Individuals with the … Read more