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In the United States, we’re celebrating Fourth of July, or Independence Day. There are parades, fireworks, community activities, and for many a weekend off from work. You may be somewhat confined at home, if you’re caring for an Alzheimer’s patient. Or you may be visiting your family member at a nursing home and joining in […]
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Something may occur that brings back memories of a special occasion with your Alzheimer’s parent. The announcement of children’s book author/illustrator Tasha Tudor’s death, at age 92, although sad, brought to mind my meeting with her years ago. Mother also was involved in this special day.
Perhaps some of you have her enchantingly illustrated books, have read […]
Did Ronald Reagan have Alzheimer’s Disease while he was President?
Dr Larry Altman, who was a Senior Medical columnist for the New York Times, once looked into this question and was…
“…unable to find any evidence by any medical criteria that is known to the medical profession that Mr Regan had any symptoms or signs of Alzheimer’s […]
Why do memories disappear? This question and more is answered in this podcast interview with Sue Halpern, author of Can’t Remember What I forgot.
Sue also offers tips on How to Improve Your Memory in this video.
Plus an interview with Authors@Google…
Tags: Alzheimer’s Notes, Alzheimers, memory, Memory and alzheimer’s disease, Sue Halpern
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Video by KQED Quest about the question ‘Is the Cure in the Genes?’ focusing on researchers at San Francisco’s Gladstone Institutes who have found that a gene may hold the key to a cure.
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Sometimes it’s good to recap, so here’s a quick roundup of my favorite Alzheimer’s Note’s posts over the past few months…
Children and Alzheimer’s Disease
Charlton Heston and Alzheimer’s Disease
Do You Believe in Restraints for Alzheimer’s Patients?
The Multiple Identities of An Alzheimer’s Caregiver.
Should We Laugh/Joke About Alzheimer’s?
So what’s your favorites?
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I posted last week about ‘Remembering the Caregivers’ a three part series from WXEL’s local ‘South Florida Today’ magazine show.
Turns out that they have put out more videos featuring the personal stories of viewers…
Check out the rest of these videos at WXEL’s You Tube page.
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Facing Alzheimer’s With Love and Laughter is the subtitle of The Last Dance. It brings to mind the question…“Should we laugh and joke about Alzheimer’s?”
Some caregivers and spokespersons for Alzheimer’s became very upset because Julie Christie joked about memory loss during an interview associated with her movie, Away From Her. However, others felt we should lighten up […]
It’s getting close to carnival time again, so don’t forget to send in your submission. Here’s the details.
It’s set for 19th of April, so will need your submissions in by the 17th of April.
A few guidelines….
- only one submission per blog thanks
- needs to be in by the 17th of April
- post can be on […]
In February, I posted about the Bucks County Courier Times running a series of articles on Alzheimer’s Disease. At that time, only one article had been printed.
I discovered the second in the series the other day. This article, Mourning meets multi-tasking, continues to focus on Lorraine and Marjorie Jackson (mother and daughter) as they deal […]
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