Heilabilun er gjarnan nefnd \u201efj\u00f6lskyldusj\u00fakd\u00f3mur 21. aldarinnar\u201c. \u00c1st\u00e6\u00f0an er s\u00fa a\u00f0 aldur er helsti \u00e1h\u00e6ttu\u00fe\u00e1ttur heilabilunar og hlutfall aldra\u00f0ra mun aukast hratt \u00e1 n\u00e6stu \u00e1rum og \u00e1ratugum. \u00der\u00e1tt fyrir \u00e1ratugalangar ranns\u00f3knir hefur engin l\u00e6kning vi\u00f0 heilabilun fundist enn. \u00dev\u00ed er mikilv\u00e6gt a\u00f0 samf\u00e9lagi\u00f0 s\u00e9 undir \u00fea\u00f0 b\u00fai\u00f0 a\u00f0 hl\u00faa a\u00f0 st\u00e6kkandi h\u00f3pi sj\u00faklinga og a\u00f0standenda \u00feeirra. Til \u00feess \u00fearf a\u00f0 auka \u00feekkingu \u00e1 \u00feeim sj\u00fakd\u00f3mum sem heyra undir heilabilun, b\u00e6ta \u00fej\u00f3nustu vi\u00f0 \u00feennan h\u00f3p og fj\u00f6lga \u00farr\u00e6\u00f0um.<\/p>\n
B\u00f3k \u00feessi er hugsu\u00f0 sem kennslub\u00f3k fyrir heilbrig\u00f0isst\u00e9ttir, en ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur fyrir a\u00f0standendur og \u00e1hugaf\u00f3lk.<\/p>\n
Hanna L\u00e1ra Steinsson, f\u00e9lagsr\u00e1\u00f0gjafi MA, MS, hefur um langt \u00e1rabil starfa\u00f0 a\u00f0 m\u00e1lefnum f\u00f3lks me\u00f0 heilabilun og a\u00f0standenda \u00feess. H\u00fan er h\u00f6fundur b\u00f3karinnar \u201e\u00cd skugga Alzheimers \u2013 \u00c1stvinir segja fr\u00e1\u201c og hefur gert ranns\u00f3kn \u00e1 heima\u00fej\u00f3nustu fyrir f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 heilabilun og ranns\u00f3kn \u00e1 a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0um f\u00f3lks sem greinst hefur me\u00f0 Alzheimerssj\u00fakd\u00f3m \u00e1 aldrinum 45-65 \u00e1ra. Auk \u00feess hefur h\u00fan sami\u00f0 kennsluefni og s\u00e9\u00f0 um kennslu starfsf\u00f3lks \u00ed um\u00f6nnunarst\u00f6rfum.<\/p>\n