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According to a report at Everyday Health, Nursing Home Residents Don’t Get Routine Eye Exams. The study was done by Cynthia Owsley and her colleagues at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.
“Two out of three nursing home residents do not receive eye exams despite nearly half being visually impaired, a new study says.”
If this is […]
Remember Joseph Voight, the 11 year old who had written a book about his grandmother and Alzheimer’s disease. Well, it looks like good things are happening for him. Since the last post I wrote about hime, he has been interviewed by local TV networks, CNN, and various newspapers.
He has also obtained a book contract with […]
The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) is selling a 2007 50-cent Sterling Silver Golden Forget-Me-Not collector coin in recognition of those touched with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Working in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada, the RCM will donate $1 from every coin sold to the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada to help support the Society’s Research Program.
The coin […]
My post, Cloned Pigs with Alzheimer’s Genes, is featured in Mendel’s Garden Genetics Blog Carnival #16, hosted by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei at Eye On DNA.
Mendel’s Garden is a blog carnival devoted to genetics, generally with a different blogger hosting it each time. You’ll find, at this carnival, an amazing number of ways genetics and genetic […]
A group of researchers in the United Kingdom contend that many of those with early stage Alzheimer’s disease are safe to drive providing they are closely monitored.
According to Dr. Desmond O’Neill, who co-wrote the analysis published in the June 20th edition of the British Medical journal, the clinical evidence led them to a conclusion that […]
Music is important in the Alzheimer’s world, both for the patient and for caregivers. It’s relaxing, buoys your mood, boosts your spirit and is something you can share. I saw Mother, when I didn’t think she was comprehending the world around her, tap her hand on the arm of her chair to the rhythm of music. Other […]
What does “Going Green,” that popular slogan nowadays, have to do with Alzheimer’s. How does Alzheimer’s connect with the lists of green movies, green singers, green concerts? And what does “going green” actually mean?
Well, it certainly doesn’t refer to St. Patrick’s Day, eating vegetables, being sick and “green around the gills,” or something new in this application. “Going Green” appears […]
For older adults, difficulty identifying common odors may indicate an increased risk of developing diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease.
An article recently published in the Archives of General Psychiatry documents a study by the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago that looked at the correlation between smell and mental impairment. The study tested nearly 600 people […]
According to research undertaken by scientists in Denmark, cloned pigs may help solve the riddle of Alzheimer’s. An article in Science Daily, Cloned Pigs Help Scientists Towards a Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s, mentions:
“The first pigs containing genes responsible for Alzheimer’s disease will be born in Denmark in August. This event is a landmark achievement in an […]
Encouraging Alzheimer's caregivers from someone who's been there.
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