Early on-set Alzheimer’s challenges legendary bask
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The news is everywhere. Pat Summitt, a virtual legend in women’s basketball who has won more games in her coaching career than any other college coach, has been diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimer’s disease. The news is rocking the college sport...
Art therapy: improv for Alzheimer’s
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Talking to the grandchildren about dementia
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Children often suffer silently as they watch a grandparent with dementia decline. Their parents are busy and often frustrated and sad, so kids can feel that they would only add to their parents' burden if they were to show their despair. However, ...
...a caregiver and think you may have dementia
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If you are a caregiver and think you may have dementia, what’s next?
Caregivers can get dementia, too. Sometimes it's because the caregiver is a spouse, thus age is a factor, along with stress and other health issues. Sometimes it's because of ge...
Caregivers can get dementia, too. Sometimes it's because the caregiver is a spouse, thus age is a factor, along with stress and other health issues. Sometimes it's because of ge...
More tests developed to diagnose Alzheimer’s early
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More tests developed to diagnose Alzheimer’s early: would you want to know?
News from the Alzheimer's Association's International Conference which recently took place in Paris has been exciting in many ways. One of the most interesting - and to m...
News from the Alzheimer's Association's International Conference which recently took place in Paris has been exciting in many ways. One of the most interesting - and to m...
Reduce stigma of dementia by sharing diagnosis
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When my dad had brain surgery to drain fluid that was damming up behind scar tissue in his brain, the medical reasoning was that this surgery would prevent dementia. Dad had suffered a closed head injury during World War II, but had recovered fair...
Study shows sundowning likely has biological basis
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Study shows sundowning with Alzheimer’s likely has a biological basis
Sundowning, the syndrome in which elders, particularly those with Alzheimer’s, tend to show high levels of activity, anxiety and agitation, sometimes accompanied by delirium, t...
Sundowning, the syndrome in which elders, particularly those with Alzheimer’s, tend to show high levels of activity, anxiety and agitation, sometimes accompanied by delirium, t...
Gold Alert for missing seniors making headway
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According to the Wall Street Journal, New York has joined other states including Illinois, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Texas in this effort that gives searching for missing seniors with disabilities the same urgency as searching for missing...
Glen Campbell goes public about his Alzheimer’s
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Glen Campbell goes public about his Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Alzheimer's disease is no respecter of fame, talent or financial status. Witness the sad news that, according to MSNBC, Glen Campbell, 75-year-old Grammy winner, has announced that he's be...
Alzheimer's disease is no respecter of fame, talent or financial status. Witness the sad news that, according to MSNBC, Glen Campbell, 75-year-old Grammy winner, has announced that he's be...
Resetting the past can help smooth caregiving
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Resetting the past can help smooth current caregiving experience
Whether we are adult children caregivers, spousal caregivers or a caregiver for some other person with whom we have a history, there are bound to be some issues from the past that w...
Whether we are adult children caregivers, spousal caregivers or a caregiver for some other person with whom we have a history, there are bound to be some issues from the past that w...
