Cure Alzheimer's Fund - Progress with the Research of Alzheimer ’s Disease
You won't want to miss this year's Cure Alzheimer's Fund Symposium. The participants will be discussing the latest and most important developments in Alzheimer's research (very exciting). They will also update the newest National Institute of Health guidelines and funding for Alzheimer's research.The Cure Alzheimer's Fund's (CAF) annual research symposium takes place on Thursday, September 27.This year's topic -Progress with the Research of Alzheimer ’s DiseaseYou can watch today via a live stream on the Internet.The start button is on the Cure Alzheimer's Fund Home page. The Symposium starts at 5:30 PM (eastern time). T...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 27, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: Alzheimer research alzheimer's webinar Alzheimers Dementia charity navigator alzheimer's cure alzheimer's cure alzheimer's fund endalz science Symposium Source Type: blogs
Deeply Forgetful and a Whole Person
I started to think of my mother as deeply forgetful, not as an Alzheimer ’s patient.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomI was interviewed by Lori La Bey on Alzheimer's Speaks Radio. I had no real expectation going into the interview. I should have known better.Lori caught me off guard when she asked me right up front to explain my construct of the deeply forgetful.Article -What is the Difference Between Alzheimer ’s and DementiaLater in the day I realized I really couldn't remember what I said. I went back and listened to my own words. I surprised myself while listening.Topic -How to Embrace Reality in Dementia CareI...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 25, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: activity director alzheimer's alzheimer's care care of dementia patients deeply forgetful dementia care health lifestyle memory care memory care facility nursing home Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer ’s disease and related dementia rates expected to double by 2060
This study indicates that as the U.S. population increases, the number of people affected by Alzheimer ’s disease and related dementia will rise, especially among minority populations.Early diagnosis is key to helping people and their families cope with loss of memory, navigate the health care system, and plan for their care in the future. ” ~ saidCenter for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert R. Redfield, M.D.How to Test Your Memory for Alzheimer's and Dementia (5 Best Tests)Racial disparities in future number of Alzheimer ’s patientsAlzheimer ’s disease is the fifth most common cause of death for Ameri...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 25, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's disease facts Alzheimer's statistics caregtivers cdc center for disease control dementia health research Source Type: blogs
Coping with Mirror Anxiety in Dementia Patients
People with dementia move backwards in time, and may no longer recognize their current selves in mirrors (or any reflective surfaces, like inside windows at night-time).by Rita JablonskiAlzheimer's Reading RoomSome people “friend” themselves (seeWhen Alzheimer's Patients Friend Themselves).They happily talk to and interact with their reflection.Other people become upset when they see a stranger staring at them in the mirror.Article -Dementia Patients are People TooSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail:Reflections can cause paranoia or accusations of infidelity arise.Has your loved one everaccused you of having...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 19, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's Alzheimers Dementia care of dementia patients caregiving coping coping with alzheimers help alzheimer's help with dementia care mirrors Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer's The Day Your Loved One Won't Know You
This article received some of the most heart wrenching and gut wrenching emails I ever received here on the ARR. New emails continue to come in from newly born caregivers that find the article via search, support groups, or social media.It still amazes me when a caregiver that has been forgotten, or abandoned, reads the article and then after an incredible outpouring of emotions, experiences an immediate sense of relief that they are not alone.We the caregivers are every where.Even though as dementia caregivers we often become invisible. I also wroteAlzheimer's Care, Sitting in The Front Rowwhich was about how lonely ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 13, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's caregiver Alzheimer's Dementia alzheimers alzheimers care alzheimers information alzheimers quote dementia care memory Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer's The Emotional Roller Coaster Ride
I must remind myself that the hard to comprehend behaviors being expressed by a person living with Alzheimer's are part of the disease, and are not a deliberate bad act on the their part.It is difficult to describe the range of emotions an Alzheimer's caregiver might feel or experience in a single day.Imagine being happy and then sad, caring then angry, focused then frustrated --an almost endless stream of feelings and emotions that conflict.What ’s the Difference Between Alzheimer’s and DementiaBy Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomThe caregiver often lives an anxiety filled life day-after-day.Alzheimer's Anger, Frust...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 13, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer patient alzheimers help care for alzheimers dementia care dementia help for caregivers help alzheimer's help with dementia care memory care facility Source Type: blogs
Sexual Behavior Among Adults with Dementia Living at Home
ConclusionThe majority of partnered, home-dwelling people in the U.S. with dementia are sexually active, according to a University of Chicago Medicine study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. In addition, people with cognitive impairment and dementia often have bothersome sexual function problems they don ’t discuss with a doctor.“Until now, most of what we knew on this topic came from studies or legal cases involving people with advanced dementia living in nursing homes,” said lead study author Stacy Tessler-Lindau, MD, MAPP, and UChicago Medicine professor.“In the next 30 years, more than 80 ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 13, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimers dementia dementia care dementia sex health research sexual behavior women Source Type: blogs
The Role of Reassurance, Attachment and Connectedness in Effective Alzheimer's Care
This article explains what I was thinking on this issue.Alzheimer's Communication Tip -- Touching Foreheads and KindnessOver time I finally realized that usingtoo many words only confused my mother and often lead to her beinganxious, confused and angry.In Alzheimer's World if you use too many words all you are really saying is Blah, Blah, Blah - Blah Blah.An Alzheimer's Communication Tip - No More Blah Blah BlahThebottom line as I see it. Instead of making it all aboutyou, start looking at the worldfrom the view of the person living with dementia. As a result of Alzheimer's or a related dementiathey see and hear things dif...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 11, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's care Alzheimer's Dementia dementia care dementia help for caregivers family caregiving help alzheimer's help with dementia care memory care searches related to dementia care Source Type: blogs
New Interactive Video Game Could Help Older Adults Strengthen Their Brains and Bodies
An immersive video game could help older adults maintain physical and cognitive health.A smiling dolphin named Bandit is the star of an interactive video game that could help older adults strengthen their brains and bodies.Michelle Carlson, PhD, MA, a professor in Mental Health, is exploring the game ’s viability as a toolto exercise neural networks that control complex cognition and mobility.Players use a remote control and arm movements to guide Bandit through increasingly challenging game levels, from catching fish to battling a shark.What is the Difference Between Alzheimer ’s and DementiaSubscribe to the Alzheimer...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 11, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimers bandit brain care of dementia patients care of memory elder care health strengthen brain video game Source Type: blogs
Problems with Balance, Walking, Falling an Early Sign of Dementia
Balance and walking problems often present before the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment,Alzheimer's ordementia.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomWhen I first came to Delray Beach to take care of my mother, she was falling down all the time.Once,I found her laying in the parking lot and she could not get up. She was shaking like a leaf.Another time she fell down and broke her little finger. It took us over ten hours in the emergency room that time around. She would fall and couldn't get back up.Learn More -Care of Dementia Patients at HomeThis might sound hard to believe but after I got my mother into the gym, she ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 11, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer care care of dementia patients dementia care early sign dementia falling down family caregiving help alzheimer help with dementia care problems with balance dementia Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer's Care, Me and My Alzheimer's Shadow
Shadowing causes the Alzheimer's caregiver to feel like their personal space is being violated. They feel smothered. Caregivers attempt to separate themselves from the person with dementia and this can lead to the perception on the part of the patient that they are being rejected.By Carole B. LarkinAlzheimer's Reading RoomSome people start exhibiting a behavior I call“shadowing” in the mid-stages of Alzheimer ’s and other dementia. Those who are able to walk or roll in their wheelchairswill literally follow their loved one or caregiver around the house trying to be as close as they physically can to the other pe...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 5, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer shadowing alzheimer's care care of dementia patients dementia care dementia help for caregivers dementia shadowing following help alzheimer's help with dementia care Source Type: blogs
5 Ways to Redirect Someone With Alzheimer's
Redirection is a handy all-purpose tool for responding to many of the bothersome, inappropriate, or potentially unsafe behaviors of Alzheimer's and dementia patients.By Paula Spencer ScottAlzheimer's Reading RoomTo redirect means to help the person move toward feeling better and acting more constructively —literally, to change the direction of things.So how do you do it?The Importance of Touch and Kindness in Dementia CareLets say your mom isrestlessly pacing back and forth across the room, even though she's not terribly steady on her feet and you're terrified she'll fall.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail:Or...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - September 4, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's alzheimer's education Alzheimer's family alzheimers care Alzheimers Dementia care of dementia patients help alzheimer's help with dementia care redirect Source Type: blogs
Nursing Home Let's Dementia Patient Wear Same Clothes for Eight Months and Refuses To Do Anything About It
A dementia patient has worn the same clothes for eight months, has refused to take a shower, smells really bad; and, the nursing home won't do anything about it.Our reader Margaret wrote and asked for help.My brother is in a nursing home, with dementia and refuses to go in the shower. I complained 8 months ago and they said they cannot make him do anything he does not want to do.Today 8 months later the Doctor called saying my brother has the same clothes on and still will not take a shower and the smell is so bad.Well, what do they want me to do? He is combative with me, and now they are looking for my help.By Rita Jablon...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - August 27, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's Alzheimer's family alzheimer's story alzheimers care Alzheimers Dementia care of dementia patients help alzheimer's help with dementia care memory care nursing home Source Type: blogs
How to Test Your Memory for Alzheimer's and Dementia (5 Best Tests)
These five memory tests for Alzheimer's and dementia are designed to detect early signs of cognitive impairment, memory loss, or problems with judgement or thinking.These are the best free memory tests for Alzheimer's and dementia that arebacked by reputable science.They arereliable tests for the detection of both Alzheimer's and dementia.Alzheimer's dementia tests online. What is the Difference Between Alzheimer's and Dementia?ByAlzheimer's Reading Room______________________________________________________1.Test Your Memory for Alzheimer's Dementia in 15 Minutes (SAGE)Known as theSelf-Administered Geocognitive Examin...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - August 27, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's test online Alzheimers Dementia alzheimers test dementia test difference between alzheimers and dementia memory test test your memory Source Type: blogs
The Plaid Pajamas and the Last Big Laugh
It was the last time I heard that laugh. Maybe it was the colorful plaids. Maybe it was how ridiculous Grandpa looked. Maybe it was because we all thought it was funny and she shared our emotions.Young Max Wallack and Great GramsBy Max WallackAlzheimer's Reading RoomIn an article in the Vancouver Sun, Douglas Todd contemplates on how his mother picks up on and reflects his emotional state. He decides that the best thing he can do for his mom is to stay in a good mood.Douglas Todd says,“Since my mother’s own Self is so fragmented, she adopts the emotions of whomever is with her, especially if it is someone with whom she...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - August 26, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's Alzheimer's family alzheimer's story alzheimers care Alzheimers Dementia care of dementia patients help alzheimer's help with dementia care pajamas Source Type: blogs
