Lewy Body Dementia Often Confused With Alzheimer’s
When most people think of dementia they probably think of Alzheimer’s disease. Since Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, and one of the biggest risk factors for developing AD is age, new developments to combat the disease are often in the news.
There are, however, other types of dementia that are just as devastating as Alzheimer’s disease and they are not necessarily rare. The dementia we’ll focus on... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts - January 27, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Positive Coping Strategies Help Slow Alzheimer's
For the most part, I’ve always been a “glass half full” person. Even during very trying times, I try to find the good in what’s happening, or at least contemplate what I can learn from the negative aspects of life. After reading about a study done by Utah State University, I realize that as a caregiver for multiple people, looking on the brighter side of life may have helped my care receivers, as well.
The study,... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts - January 26, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Tips to Prevent Alzheimer’s Related Wandering
During a time when my father-in-law was ill, I sat with him while my mother-in-law went to the grocery store. This store was only a few blocks away from their home and she’d made the trip routinely for years. Only this time, she was gone so long we were worried. Once she finally returned she admitted to getting lost and having had trouble finding her way home. What happened to her is what Alzheimer’s disease experts call... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts - January 21, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Global Attention to Alzheimer’s Must Include Educating Public
The United States Senate Special Committee on Aging recently released a report examining how five nations with developed economies are approaching the growing numbers of aging adults with dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, within their borders. The nations studied are the United States, Australia, France, Japan and Britain. Each of these five countries now has a strategy for fighting the devastating effects of dementia.
A... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts - January 17, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Driving and Dementia: When and How to Have the Talk
Taking away an elder’s driving privileges is one of the most dreaded challenges that adult children, or spouses of people with dementia, face. The ability to drive oneself to a chosen destination is often the ultimate sign of independence. Conversely, being forced to stop driving is generally viewed by elders as a major loss of independence. Yet, an unfit driver is a potential killer. When should a person quit driving, and how do we... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts - January 12, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer's Vaccine May Be Available in Three to Five Years
If we choose, we may view the many conflicting reports on drug trials for Alzheimer’s during 2012 as discouraging. After all, two very promising drugs in late-stage trials last fall failed to show the potential that researchers were looking for. Yet, on a quieter level, progress was being made.
CBS News recently aired a segment about an Alzheimer’s vaccine that may be available, depending on funding – and volunteers... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts - January 9, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer’s Study Focuses on Knowledge Based Impairment
Alzheimer’s disease studies that focus on the earliest stage of the disease, which is mild cognitive impairment (MCI), have typically focused on short-term memory loss. Now, a study published last month in the American Journal of Psychiatry has concluded that people who develop Alzheimer’s may have shown knowledge based (semantic) impairment prior to memory loss, had they been tested for this cognitive deficit.
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Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts - January 4, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
Caregiving Rewards Can Outlast Challenges
Caregivers of elderly or disabled loved ones work hard. There’s no getting around the sacrifices of time, energy, private life and often financial wellbeing that caregivers, be it family or professional, often make. However, the rewards that accompany this self-sacrifice can be priceless.
With a caregiving history involving decades of caring for multiple loved ones, I know quite a bit about the hard times as well as the blessings... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts - January 1, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
