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Alzheimer’s Notes

January 8th, 2008

Brain Food for Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers.

Check out this list of 20 Super Brain Foods. It’s got all the important foods that will help feed the brain of not only someone with Alzheimer’s but also the ones who are looking after them.
1. Wholegrain Foods
2. Walnuts
3. Cashews
4. Almonds
5. Pecans
6. Blueberries
7. Strawberries
8. Blackberries
9. Sunflower Seeds
10. Pumpkin Seeds
11. Green Tea
12. Eggs
13. Avocados
14. Tomatoes
15. […]

By Liz Lewis -- 3 comments

July 25th, 2007

Homemade Lemonade, Memories & Alzheimer’s

  As I read Kristen King’s post, Traditional Summer Refreshment: Homemade Iced Tea, at Lively Women, and her reminiscenses of her mother making this brew, I also recalled my mom making homemade refreshing beverages on hot summer days.  I grew up on a farm, long enough ago that soda pop was a rare treat. 
So Mother […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 4 comments

May 18th, 2007

Maintaining optimum weight for Alzheimer’s patients.

Getting people with Alzheimer’s disease to eat is often a battle. As a result, they often fall below their optimum weight. But now it seems that Swedish researchers have discovered the means of increasing the weight of people with Alzheimer’s disesae.
Their three month study focused on whether increased staff training and a more supportive environment […]

By Liz Lewis -- 2 comments

December 6th, 2006

Food Memories of an Alzheimer’s Caregiver

“Where’s my meat?” I asked my husband Jim when I returned to the dining table.  The hamburger that had been on my plate was gone.
“Don’t look at me,” he remarked.  “Look at Mother!”
Sure enough, my mom was happily munching my hamburger, having finished hers.
This became a challenge at meal time.  Mother might finish something she liked, […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 3 comments