January 31st, 2008
Video: Alzheimer’s in Europe.
Video by EuroNews about Alzheimer’s in Europe.
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“An apple a day keeps the doctor away, “ was a saying when I was a child. So we ate raw apples in season, as well as applesauce, canned stewed apples, and apple desserts throughout the year.
I often take an apple in my lunch and have always enjoyed them. My dad raised apples, a sideline […]
Two decades ago the nuns of Sisters of Notre Dame agreed to take part in a study that would have them tested each year to track the progression of Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related brain disorders. But that’s not all that was requested of them. They were also asked to leave their brains to science […]
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Liz’s post, Handbook Project for Those With Alzheimer’s Disease, reminded me of other ways teens and even younger children can interact with nursing home residents, including Alzheimer’s patients. This also helps young people to understand and appreciate the elderly, even those with diminished capacities.
Scrapbooks with pictures of the patient’s life or activities around the nursing […]
Here’s an interesting program that was run in Vermont 2005-2006 which had elders with early stage Alzheimer’s Disease and at risk teens partner up and create hand books.
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With the approach of tax time (most of us have received the paperwork from employers, investments, and other tax pertinent sources by January 31), we may wonder what we can and cannot claim. Also, many caregivers are in charge of filing tax returns for the Alzheimer’s patient. I was responsible for my mom’s affairs […]
UK to use new tool to test for Alzheimer’s - “Researchers at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging will soon begin conducting clinical trials for a Louisville company that is developing an early screening tool for Alzheimer’s disease.” (more)
Alzheimers Research Target May Be a Dead End - “A once-promising pathway for research into […]
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I was fortunate because Auntie and Mother received very good care at the nursing homes where they resided. Auntie, with no funds of her own, was a Medicaid patient. Mother was a private pay patient, and all her funds were used up for her nursing home stay of nearly nine years.
However, I have no complaints […]
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We often refer to caregivers as “parenting their parents” and my book, written several years ago, is titled, When We Become the Parent to Our Parents. This refers to the reversal in caregiving roles, when parents now need their adult children to be responsible for them or at least to assist them.
Carol Bradley Bursack, author of […]
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Artist William Utermohlen spent the last decade of his life creating a series of self-protraits that followed his descent into dementia and […]
Encouraging Alzheimer's caregivers from someone who's been there.
Written by Mary Emma Allen [email], and Liz Lewis, RN for b5media.
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