What can you do? 6 Ways to Solve Problems with Sleep
Statistics indicate as many as 24 percent of Alzheimer's patients wake up caregivers at night and have trouble sleeping.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomRecently I received several emails about sleeping problems.Specifically, about Alzheimer's patients staying up at night, or Alzheimer's patients waking up the caregiver at night.Some doctors recommend antipsychotic medications for this problem.This is completely inappropriate and should be avoided. See -Antipsychotic Medications Linked to Increased Risk of Pneumonia in Alzheimer ’s Patients.Sleep Medications for Alzheimer's and Dementia PatientsStatistics indicate a...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 19, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's care Alzheimer's Dementia alzheimer's sleep dementia care dementia help for caregivers family caregiving help alzheimer's help with dementia care memory care Source Type: blogs
People with Alzheimer's Can Be Moody, Distrustful, Stubborn, Aggressive, Mean, and Discombobulated
People living with Alzheimer's or dementia can be moody, distrustful, stubborn, aggressive, and mean. Lets just say they become easily Discombobulated.by Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomIt is very difficult to understand people living with Alzheimer's and dementia. It is very hard to adjust to the way they think, feel and act.One reason it is so difficlt is because they change.Meanwhile we don't change at all - do we?Change is hard to accept on any level, and the dramatic change that comes with Alzheimer's disease is even harder to accept.How to Change Patterns of Behavior in Alzheimer's and Dementia PatientsSubscribe t...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 16, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's world alzheimers Alzheimers Dementia care of alzheimers patients care of dementia patients discombobulated distrustful mean Source Type: blogs
Can Nicotinamide Riboside Help Prevent Alzheimer's?
The supplement nicotinamide riboside (NR) – a form of vitamin B3 – prevented neurological damage and improved cognitive and physical function in a new mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.byAlzheimer's Reading RoomThe results of the study, conducted by researchers at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) part of the National Institutes of Health,suggest a potential new target for treating Alzheimer ’s disease.What is the Difference Between Alzheimer ’s and DementiaCompound prevents neurological damage, shows cognitive benefits in mouse model of Alzheimer ’s diseaseSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 14, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's research Alzheimers Dementia Alzheimers Prevention alzheimers treatment prevent alzheimers science vitamins Source Type: blogs
Spouses of Dementia Patients Pay a Heavy Toll
I had to put my life on hold when I decided to take responsibility for my mother. After 8 years of care giving, I found great emotional reward in caring for her. However, I met other caregivers that were clearly suffering from the experience.byAlzheimer's Reading RoomAstudy of spouses ofdementia patients at Case Western Reserve University found that:Some caregivers may have feelings of guilt about participating in activities with friends or in the community when their loved ones are no longer able to do soCaregivers report feelings ofsadness and loneliness25 percent of caregivers in the study suffered fromdepressionand, on...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 13, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer Alzheimer spouses Alzheimer's support group alzheimers disease Dementia Patients loneliness medical science mental health sadness Source Type: blogs
B12 Shots for Dementia and Those Over 60
Studies indicate that forty percent of the population might be at risk of a vitamin B12 deficiency.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomVitamin B12 deficiency can cause memory loss, dementia like symptoms, does cause shrinkage in the brain, and can cause mean and challenging behavior.Learn More -Care of Dementia PatientsSeveral years ago I started reading up on all the B vitamins. I learned vitamin B12 deficiency is wide spread especially among the elderly. It is easy to understand why. If you don't eat foods that are rich in vitamin B12 you won't get enough into your body.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 13, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimers care dementia care dementia help for caregivers family caregiving help alzheimer's help with dementia help with dementia care memory care homes vitamin b12 deficiency symptom Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer's Support is Like Medicine for the Brain
It never stops amazing me how one Alzheimer's caregiver can give another Alzheimer's caregiver encouragement, energy, and the strength to carry on...By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomThere is no doubt in my mind that support from other Alzheimer's caregivers is likemedicine for the brain.I once wrote about the woman that came up to me in the gym, and then immediately called her husband over to listen to what I had to say.I talked nonstop for 20 minutes. Venting. It just poured out of me. They looked at me, right in the eyes, smiling, nodding affirmatively,as I went on and on.The Importance of Touch and Kindness in Deme...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 9, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimers care alzheimers family alzheimers support Alzheimers support group brain care of dementia patients dementia care health life news Source Type: blogs
Unraveling the Mystery of Alzheimer's Disease
This fascinating video explains how Alzheimer's affects the brain, and the three abnormalities that are most common in the brains of those with Alzheimer's who have been autopsied after death.byAlzheimer's Reading RoomAmyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, synaptic loss, and cell death are the most striking features of the Alzheimer ’s brain when it is viewed under the microscope after death.At first, the Alzheimer's disease typically destroys neurons and their connections in parts of the brain involved in memory, including the entorhinal cortex and the hippocampus.Later on, Alzheimer's affects areas in the cerebral c...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 8, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimers Alzheimers Dementia alzheimers mystery brain health life news understanding alzheimers Unraveling the Mystery of Alzheimer Source Type: blogs
CAREGIVER ALERT: The Connection Between Gum Disease and Alzheimer's Disease
A recent research study showed that the presence of gum disease was associated with a six-fold increase in the rate of cognitive decline in dementia patients.By Rita Jablonski and Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer ’s Reading RoomBottom line: gum disease can hasten memory loss and hasten the progression of Alzheimer's disease.Most people know that keeping teeth and dentures clean makes the person with dementia feel good,but mouth care goes beyond “feeling” good.Healthy teeth and gums can keep the rest of the body healthy.About the Alzheimer's Reading RoomSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a Free Service - Join NowInade...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 2, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's and dental health alzheimer's and dentures alzheimers gum disease flossing and dementia oral hygiene and dementia Source Type: blogs
CAREGIVER ALERT: The Connection Between Gum Disease and Alzheimer ’s Disease
A recent research study showed that the presence of gum disease was associated with a six-fold increase in the rate of cognitive decline in dementia patients.By Rita Jablonski and Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer ’s Reading RoomBottom line: gum disease can hasten memory loss and hasten the progression of Alzheimer's disease.Most people know that keeping teeth and dentures clean makes the person with dementia feel good,but mouth care goes beyond “feeling” good.Healthy teeth and gums can keep the rest of the body healthy.About the Alzheimer's Reading RoomSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a Free Service - Join NowInade...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 2, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's and dental health alzheimer's and dentures alzheimers gum disease flossing and dementia oral hygiene and dementia Source Type: blogs
The Role of Confabulation and Rejection in Dementia Care
The stories that people with dementia confabulate can be funny, interesting, and sometimes ridiculous.By Rachael WonderlinAlzheimer's Reading RoomIt is hard, for so many people, to just “go along” with what their loved one with dementia says.Many caregivers struggle with the idea that they must embrace the reality of the person with dementia, so, instead, they reject it.Alzheimer's Dementia Accusations and Fractured Fairy TalesBy saying things like, “Mom, that’s not true, your parents are dead,” or, “Dad, you aren’t going to work today, remember? You retired 15 years ago!”we reject a person ’s story.Subsc...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - January 31, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: Confabulating Confabulation dementia confusion confabulation dementia care dementia symptoms memory care Source Type: blogs
3 Caregiver Things I Regret, Are You Doing Them?
Although it was difficult for me to master the new approaches, when I finally did our relationship blossomed again and life with him was much more peaceful and emotionally rewarding.by Marie MarleyAlzheimer's Reading RoomAs Leeza Gibbons wrote in her book,Take Your Oxygen First,“If you’re caring for someone with Alzheimer’s and you’ve never lost your temper with the person – just wait. You will.”To that I add: If you don ’t, then either you’re a saint or you’re incredibly out of touch with your feelings.Search our Award Winning Alzheimer's Reading Room Knowledge Base for Answers to Your Questions, and Sol...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - January 31, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimers care alzheimers symptoms care of dementia patients dementia care dementia care at home education life news Source Type: blogs
Bill Gates Reveals His Father is Living with Alzheimer's Disease
Bill Gates has revealed for the first time that his father is living with Alzheimer's.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomAlzheimer's knows no boundaries. Glen Campbell, Pat Summitt, Ronald Reagan, Sargent Shriver (Maria Shriver's dad), Rita Hayworth, my mom Dotty, your loved one. No boundaries.Previously I wrote,Bill Gates Invests $100 Million into Alzheimer's Research; and, now we know the catalyst of his decision. See Bill Gates talk with Maria Shriver at the bottom of this article.What is the Difference Between Alzheimer ’s and DementiaSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a Free Service - Join NowAlong wi...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - January 30, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimers awareness alzheimers care Alzheimers Disease Bill Gates bill gates alzheimers life news living with alzheimer's Source Type: blogs
Drug May Help Those with Dementia with Lewy Bodies
New help may be on the way for people with dementia with Lewy bodies, which is the second most common neurodegenerative type of dementia after Alzheimer ’s disease.by Alzheimer's Reading RoomThe disease can cause movement problems and issues such ashallucinations in addition to thinking and memory problems. But the drug used to treat the movement problems can also exacerbate the hallucinations, delusions and other psychiatric problems.Lewy Body Dementia is not a rare disease.It affects an estimated 1.4 million individuals and their families in the United States. Because LBD symptoms can closely resemble other more c...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - January 29, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: health LBD lewy bodies Lewy Body Dementia life news Parkinson ’s drug treatment Source Type: blogs
Allowing Yourself to Feel the Joy of Cargiving
We are often constrained in our caregiving effort by our own inability to understand that Alzheimer's patients are capable of more than we can imagine.by Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomI'm sitting here thinking about my eight and a half years as an Alzheimer's caregiver. Together Dotty and I traveled an interesting path -from Burden to Joy.As I think of the first eighteen months I now realize how emotionally painful it was. How painful it can be.Dementia Care, Always be Kinder than you FeelThere is no doubt that caring for anyone who is ill is burdensome. But caring for someone living with Alzheimer's or a related deme...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - January 26, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimers care Alzheimers Dementia care facilities for dementia patients dementia awareness dementia care family caregiving health help with dementia care senior care Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer ’s Drug Solanezumab Fails in Phase 3 Clinical Trial
This study was the first major Alzheimer ’s clinical trial to require molecular evidence of amyloid deposition in the brain for enrollment. While the treatment did have some favorable effects, in the main measure of outcome — measured with a cognitive test called the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale —the researchers did not observe any statistically significant benefit compared with placebo.One Good Reason To Consider an Alzheimer's Clinical TrialThe authors suggest that while it is not certain that this particular strategy or drug could be effective, it is possible that either not enough dru...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - January 25, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimers clinical tiral alzheimers symptoms clinical trial news solanezumab Source Type: blogs
