Brain Health in Your 40s and 50s: How to Reduce Your Dementia Risk | Ep 14

You're not sick. But you're watching your mother get sick, and you're wondering: what's coming for me? The Lancet Commission on Dementia estimates that up to 45% of dementia cases are linked to modifiable risk factors. Not all of them are in your control. But more than most people realize are. In this episode, gerontologist Ginell Butler, MAASM, MSA walks the daughter — the caregiver herself, in her 40s and 50s — through the science of brain health at your own age: the specific risk factors that actually move the needle, the ones the wellness industry oversells, and how to think about your own future while carrying your parent's present. Because taking care of her brain and taking care of yours can happen in the same house. You'll learn: • The Lancet Commission's roughly 45% modifiable-risk finding • The five factors that matter most (and how to work on them realistically) • Why hearing loss and sleep are more important than most families realize • What genetics does and doesn't determine ⭐ Free tool for this episode: Questions to Ask at the Appointment — including the primary-care conversation to have about your own brain health at midlife. Grab it free: senioradvocators.org/library 📞 Book a private consultation with Ginell: senioradvocators.org 🎙️ Ginell Butler, MAASM, MSA — gerontologist, founder of Senior Advocators Inc. This podcast is educational and is not medical, legal, or financial advice. 🔔 New episodes weekly.