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Since Alzheimer’s patients, at a certain stage of the illness, often live in the past, why not incorporate this family legacy into time travel for the youngsters in your household this summer? Take advantage of the Alzheimer’s member’s memories…record and scrapbook them for your family legacy.
However, youngsters are familiar with time travel books so popular […]
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Preserving our memories and those of Alzheimer’s patients can lead to scrapbooking fun. I led a scrapbooking activity for Alzheimer’s patients at a nursing home and think they had as much fun as I did.
With the help of an activity aide, we selected pictures taken of the residents as they engaged in various events at the […]
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Boy, 2, Suffers From Rare Children’s Alzheimer’s Condition - “A 2-year-old boy in England suffers from a rare genetic disease sometimes referred to as Children’s Alzheimer’s disease…” […]
Uncle Ralph’s rapture - “Stefan Merrill Block had never met his Uncle Ralph, but he knew all about his catastrophic life. When they eventually came face to face, he found an old man finally - and blissfully - set free by the oblivion of Alzheimer’s..” (more)
Remembering intimacy - “Hallie Pasko knew her mother’s new relationship […]
OurAlzheimers.com has a feature article When a Mind Begins to Disappear: A Young Family’s Journey to the Dark Side that follows the Mueller family’s journey of change as Jim Mueller developed Alzheimer’s disease. Jim was in his early 30’s when the initial symptoms began…
“When they said Jim had Alzheimer’s, I was in shock,” Jim’s wife, […]
A series of personal Alzheimer’s experiences put together by the Alzheimer’s Society.
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Daphne
Peter
Sheila
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May you have a blessed and lovely Easter holiday, however you may be celebrating. This is a time to share memories with your Alzheimer’s family member and to create new memories.
When Mother resided at the nursing home, they had an Easter egg hunt, usually the day before Easter, and invited young children and grandchildren from the families […]
CBS news has an interesting article and video about children growing up around Alzheimer’s Disease.
It highlights the fact that Alzheimer’s is a disease that affects people of all ages and generations.
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AlzheimersNotes.com (A Poem)
Mom! Mom!
Don’t slip away
Into another world,
Another time in life.
Stay! Stay!
In today’s world;
We need you here
With all of us.
Why? Why?
Does this happen?
You lose your memory
And slip far away.
Mommy! Mommy!
Granny’s fun;
She tells us stories
When she was small.
(c) 2008 Mary Emma Allen
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Even though we weren’t Irish, we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day when I was growing up on a farm in the Hudson River Valley of New York State. Our hired man, a surrogate grandfather to us children, was Irish. Dan took his meals with us and stayed nights with a neighboring family where he did some caretaking.
Mother cooked […]
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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