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  • An elder's sense of purpose and dignity must be balanced with their safety

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    Carol Bradley Bursack
    15 May 2012 | 1:01 am
    Many of who have vulnerable loved ones would prefer to provide hands-on care ourselves. For some, that means considering whether to continue with outside employment or quit a job to care for our loved one full-time. In Discovering The True Cost Of At-Home Caregiving, NPR’s series “Family Matters: The Money Squeeze,” the lifetime cost of quitting a paying job to care for a loved one in the home is closely examined.  Read more about balancing an elder's need to be useful with his or her dignity: Purchase Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories – paperback or…

  • What's the Story on Coconut Oil and Alzheimer's Disease?

    About.com Alzheimers Disease
    6 May 2012 | 5:13 pm
    If you've been following Alzheimer's research, you may have heard about the use of coconut oil in treating Alzheimer's disease. A physician in Florida has written about her experience with using coconut oil to treat her husband's symptoms of dementia, noting that he showed significant improvement after she added it to his diet....Read Full Post

  • Smell Tests Don't Predict Alzheimer's, Study Finds

    MedicineNet Alzheimer's General
    11 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Title: Smell Tests Don't Predict Alzheimer's, Study FindsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/10/2012 6:06:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/11/2012 12:00:00 AM

  • Is It Time for a Nursing Home?

    About.com Alzheimers Disease
    13 May 2012 | 9:44 am
    For some people, the answer to this question is clear. They may say, "No! I'm not ever going to make that choice. We'll figure it out and get the help we need at home." Or, "We promised our dad we wouldn't put him in a home."...Read Full Post

  • MetLife Foundation Recognizes Alzheimer's Researchers with Awards

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    Bob DeMarco
    15 May 2012 | 10:30 pm
    Alzheimer's Reading Room MetLife Foundation today announced the recipients of its 2012 Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer’s Disease: Clifford R. Jack Jr., M.D., professor of Radiology and The Alexander Family Professor of Alzheimer’s Disease Research at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN), and Christine Van Broeckhoven, Ph.D. D.Sc., professor and department director of the VIB Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Antwerp (Belgium). In addition, Randall J. Bateman, M.D., associate professor of Neurology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is…
 
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  • Is It Time for a Nursing Home?

    13 May 2012 | 9:44 am
    For some people, the answer to this question is clear. They may say, "No! I'm not ever going to make that choice. We'll figure it out and get the help we need at home." Or, "We promised our dad we wouldn't put him in a home."...Read Full Post

  • A Mother's Day Tribute: One Daughter's Love Through Alzheimer's

    10 May 2012 | 6:24 am
    As Mother's Day approaches, I'd like to share a brief story with you. Margie, a reader who had been caring for her mother with Alzheimer's disease, recently contacted me and we began an email conversation. Margie wrote about the different symptoms her mother exhibited, the difficulty and helplessness of not knowing how to respond to those changes in her mother, the struggle of whether to keep her mother at home or have a facility help care for her, and the void in her heart since her mother passed away in November....Read Full Post

  • What's the Story on Coconut Oil and Alzheimer's Disease?

    6 May 2012 | 5:13 pm
    If you've been following Alzheimer's research, you may have heard about the use of coconut oil in treating Alzheimer's disease. A physician in Florida has written about her experience with using coconut oil to treat her husband's symptoms of dementia, noting that he showed significant improvement after she added it to his diet....Read Full Post

  • Berries: A Tasty Way to Slow Cognitive Decline?

    29 Apr 2012 | 6:30 pm
    The Annals of Neurology reported a study this week that demonstrated that eating strawberries and blueberries delayed women's cognitive decline by 2.5 years. Researchers  included data from 16,010 women with an ...Read Full Post

  • Pat Summitt Steps Down to Fight Battle Against Early Onset Alzheimer's

    23 Apr 2012 | 3:39 am
    Pat Summitt recently announced she's giving up her head coaching role at Tennessee. Summitt was the head coach of the Lady Volunteers and has the most wins ever of any NCAA coach....Read Full Post
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  • MetLife Foundation Recognizes Alzheimer's Researchers with Awards

    Bob DeMarco
    15 May 2012 | 10:30 pm
    Alzheimer's Reading Room MetLife Foundation today announced the recipients of its 2012 Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer’s Disease: Clifford R. Jack Jr., M.D., professor of Radiology and The Alexander Family Professor of Alzheimer’s Disease Research at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN), and Christine Van Broeckhoven, Ph.D. D.Sc., professor and department director of the VIB Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Antwerp (Belgium). In addition, Randall J. Bateman, M.D., associate professor of Neurology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is…

  • Obama Administration Presents National Plan to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease

    Bob DeMarco
    15 May 2012 | 1:53 pm
    “This is a national plan—not a federal one, because reducing the burden of Alzheimer’s will require the active engagement of both the public and private sectors.” Alzheimer's Reading Room The plan, presented today at the Alzheimer’s Research Summit 2012: Path to Treatment and Prevention, was developed with input from experts in aging and Alzheimer’s disease issues and calls for a comprehensive, collaborative approach across federal, state, private and non-profit organizations. More than 3,600 people or organizations submitted comments on the draft plan. I would be interested in…

  • Dotty is Still With Us, Tuesday, 4 AM

    Bob DeMarco
    15 May 2012 | 3:55 am
    I'm re-learning something important here. I'm learning that the dementia clock is very different than the clock in the real world. Relative time is very different for the ill dementia patient. You have to be extremely patient, more patient than most of us can normally stand. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer's Reading Room It's 4 o'clock in the morning, I am awake. I slept for about 4 hours. I still had that heavy feeling when I woke up, but I was anxious to check Dotty out, and now I am wide awake. Dotty is still with us, and is comfortable. The truth right now I am a bit confused. Dotty had her best…

  • Resveratrol Clinical Trial for Alzheimer's Now Recruiting New Participants

    Bob DeMarco
    14 May 2012 | 3:56 pm
    Resveratrol is derived from plants and is found in highest levels in red wine and the skin of red grapes. The Copenhagen City Heart Study (Treutlen et al 2002) reported that monthly and weekly consumption of red wine is associated with a lower risk of dementia. Alzheimer's Reading Room A phase II clinical trial examining the effects of resveratrol on individuals with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease has begun recruiting new participants. More than two dozen academic institutions are participating (see the list below). Resveratrol is derived from plants and is found in its highest…

  • Dotty is Still with Us, 10 AM

    Bob DeMarco
    14 May 2012 | 9:46 am
    By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer's Reading Room Dotty is still with us this morning. She is resting comfortably, but continues to go down hill slowly. Her urine appears to be okay, and I will get a better read on that once the Hospice nurse arrives. Her pulse is dropping. Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading Room Email: My sister Joanne and my brother Bill are both here with us. They were both able to speak with Dotty when they arrived. Communication is becoming difficult. Yesterday was a great day for Dotty and she was pleased that everyone was here for Mother's Day, and she was able to communicate…
 
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  • transitioning

    GBP })i({
    23 Apr 2012 | 4:21 pm
    Today I was sitting in a restaurant, eating, and a text message came in on my phone. I thought it was my husband responding to an earlier message from me, and it wasn't.  It was from a really good friend of mine, whose adult son has cancer, and the message was to let me know that his time had come, any minute now.  Maybe even as I'm writing this, who knows?  The second part of the message was to ask me to spiritually be part of her son's transition team.  She also asked for my dad's help. I was sitting there just crying over my food and the waitress came over and though…

  • Dichotomy in Death

    GBP })i({
    13 Mar 2012 | 2:26 pm
    No, Dichotomy in Death isn't the newest JD Robb futuristic thriller.  It's the subject of a discussion I've been having on and off via text all day with one of my friends.  Her grandma just died.  Today marks 4 weeks since mine had her (ultimately fatal) stroke (tomorrow is the 4 week anniversary of her death) so death and dead grandmas are still a sensitive subject for me. My friend's grandma came to death via a different path than mine.  She had cancer and supposedly had it beat, but then she started acting strangely, as if she had some dementia starting.  My…

  • it's nice to be appreciated...

    GBP })i({
    3 Mar 2012 | 2:19 pm
    It included a code for a prize.  I got a filtered water bottle.  Not sure if it will be Alzheimer's Association branded or not but it was a nice gesture.  I didn't expect anything, honestly."Had a Dad" Alzheimer's Blog http://alzheimersdad.blogspot.com (c) Gevera Bert Piedmont })i({ Thank you for visiting!

  • sometimes death is okay

    GBP })i({
    2 Mar 2012 | 10:23 pm
    I've had a couple of weeks to think about my grandma dying and I've had to tell a lot of people.  And I've found that their sympathy is almost unwanted because the more I think about it, the more it's okay that she died.  It's not that I don't miss her--for instance, today I saw a friend of mine; he's an artist who is helping me with my next book.  His boyfriend is some kind of cousin of mine. I was going to ask some questions about my "cousin's" family to figure out the exact connection and then I realized that it was useless as my grandma was the one who would have known how…

  • thank you for the votes!

    GBP })i({
    2 Mar 2012 | 9:39 pm
    I'm a finalist.  Up to the judges whether I win or not now."Had a Dad" Alzheimer's Blog http://alzheimersdad.blogspot.com (c) Gevera Bert Piedmont })i({ Thank you for visiting!
 
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  • Feed Your Brain - Food for Thought

    Witchy Woman
    8 May 2012 | 7:50 am
    Healthy Food Just as your body needs a constant fuel supply in order to function correctly, so does the brain. But with brain health is is not just about whet you do eat, what you don’t east is equally as important. Omega 3′s: More and more evidence indicates that Omega  3 fatty acids are particularly beneficial for brain health. Fish is a particularly rich source of Omega 3, especially cold water fatty fish like salmon, tuna, halibut, trout, mackerel, sardines and herring. In addition to boosting brainpower, eating fish may also reduce your risk of developing alzheimer’s…

  • Greater Purpose in Life May Protect Against Harmful Changes in the Brain Associated With Alzheimer’s Disease

    rant4u
    7 May 2012 | 11:38 pm
    “Our study showed that people who reported greater purpose in life exhibited better cognition than those with less purpose in life even as plaques and tangles accumulated in their brains,” said Patricia A. Boyle, PhD. “These findings suggest that purpose in life protects against the harmful effects of plaques and tangles on memory and other thinking abilities. This is encouraging and suggests that engaging in meaningful and purposeful activities promotes cognitive health in old age.” Boyle and her colleagues from the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center studied 246…

  • Exercise and Computer Use Cut Odds of Memory Loss - Mayo Clinic

    tvaraj
    7 May 2012 | 6:01 pm
    Reblogged from where'smyT-backandotherstories: I fully endorse the Mayo Clinic study. I am 71 y

  • How to Break the News When It's Alzheimer's

    Butch
    7 May 2012 | 5:02 pm
    By Marie Marley.Author, Come Back Early Today: A Memoir of Love, Alzheimer’s and Joy The Huffington Post Most Americans remember Ronald Reagan’s 1994 poignant letter to the American people announcing that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. It helped reduce the stigma of the disease and set the stage for future public figures to reveal their diagnoses instead of hiding them with a feeling of shame. Notables who followed Reagan’s example include Charlton Heston and, more recently, Pat Summitt and Glen Campbell. Why Informing Others Is Important: When a person is…

  • Purpose in Life May Benefit Alzheimer’s Patients

    Rush University Medical Center
    7 May 2012 | 4:13 pm
    Patricia A. Boyle, PhD Greater purpose in life may help stave off the harmful effects of plaques and
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  • Headlines in Alzheimer’s: Red Wine, Living Alone with Alzheimer’s, Landmark Alzheimer’s Summit

    Erin Whalen
    15 May 2012 | 3:29 pm
    Every week we scour the news for the latest headlines in Alzheimer’s care, treatment and prevention. Here are some big stories for the week of May 7th 2012 – May 13th 2012: Component in red wine may hold answers in Alzheimer’s battle Study examines whether resveratrol, which is found in red wine can alter or delay the destruction of the brain in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Living alone with Alzheimer’s is a tough choice for all Some 800,000 people with Alzheimer’s, roughly 1 in 7 Americans with the disease, live alone in their communities.

  • Celebrate Mediterranean Diet Month: Useful Tips for a Vibrant Lifestyle

    Georgia Orcutt
    14 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    By guest blogger Georgia Orcutt from Oldways, a nonprofit food and education organization whose mission is to guide people to good health through heritage. During May we are celebrating our fourth annual Mediterranean Diet Month! This celebration was created by Oldways and the Mediterranean Foods Alliance to generate excitement and awareness about the delicious foods and amazing health benefits associated with this vibrant lifestyle. The Mediterranean Diet emphasizes eating mostly whole grains, plenty of vegetables and fruits, beans, herbs, spices, nuts and peanuts, and healthy fats such as…

  • Strangely Familiar (Part Two)

    Pat Adams
    12 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    This weekend’s guest bloggers are the daughters of Standish Village resident, Claire Sullivan. This is a poem written by her daughter, Pat: – Strangely Familiar by Pat Adams — She was dressed in lovely lavender, her favorite color She said so, time and again, unaware of the repetitions Wavy white hair framed a face softly lined with creases that deepened when she smiled a smile that was as wide as any 1st graders It reached up over her pink cheeks to twinkling bluish eyes both curious and questioning — She seemed happy to see these strangers who seemed somehow to know…

  • The Gift in Alzheimer’s (Part One)

    Claire Sullivan
    11 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    This weekend’s guest bloggers are the daughters of Standish Village resident, Claire Sullivan. This is her daughter Claire’s first hand account of her mothers’ experience with Alzheimer’s and what Mother’s Day means to her: It was July 15, 2008. Dr. Rentas had just completed an evaluation of my mother.  We were facing her at her desk, my sister Patty to my right and my mother to my left when Dr. Rentas stated that she believed this was the first stage of Alzheimer’s disease.  Out of the corner of my eye, I was looking at my mother with disbelief.  She sat…

  • Headlines in Alzheimer’s Care: Slowing Down Alzheimer’s, Link to Depression, MindStart Website, Rare Dementia

    Erin Whalen
    10 May 2012 | 4:02 pm
    Every week we scour the news for the latest headlines in Alzheimer’s care, treatment and prevention. Here are some big stories for the week of April 30 2012 – May 6 2012: Device to slow down Alzheimer’s disease New research suggests a ‘brain pacemaker’ may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Study: Depression in Middle Age Linked to Dementia Later On Previous studies have linked depression in older adults with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, but it has never been clear which came first: was depression a risk factor for dementia or an early symptom? New…
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  • Eye, ear and dental checkups can be a nightmare when people have dementia

    Carol Bradley Bursack
    16 May 2012 | 1:01 am
    ...Teeth were another huge issue. Dad had worn dentures for many decades. He had little bone left to support the dentures, but I kept "gluing them in" with a tooth bonding cream. However, he managed to lose his lower plate. This is common in nursing homes, since elders will often take out an uncomfortable plate when they eat. Then, if the denture is not noticed, it will go in the garbage with the leftover food. In Dad's case, I believe he may have gotten annoyed with his denture and thrown it in his own garbage can. Whatever the reason, it could not be found, so off to the…

  • An elder's sense of purpose and dignity must be balanced with their safety

    Carol Bradley Bursack
    15 May 2012 | 1:01 am
    Many of who have vulnerable loved ones would prefer to provide hands-on care ourselves. For some, that means considering whether to continue with outside employment or quit a job to care for our loved one full-time. In Discovering The True Cost Of At-Home Caregiving, NPR’s series “Family Matters: The Money Squeeze,” the lifetime cost of quitting a paying job to care for a loved one in the home is closely examined.  Read more about balancing an elder's need to be useful with his or her dignity: Purchase Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories – paperback or…

  • NPR investigates the true cost of giving up a job to be a family caregiver

    Carol Bradley Bursack
    14 May 2012 | 1:01 am
    Many of who have vulnerable loved ones would prefer to provide hands-on care ourselves. For some, that means considering whether to continue with outside employment or quit a job to care for our loved one full-time. In Discovering The True Cost Of At-Home Caregiving, NPR’s series “Family Matters: The Money Squeeze,” the lifetime cost of quitting a paying job to care for a loved one in the home is closely examined.  Read more about the true cost of caregiving: Purchase Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories – paperback or e-book

  • Celebrating Mother’s Day any way we can

    Carol Bradley Bursack
    13 May 2012 | 4:23 am
    Dear Readers: Many of you have mothers who are in assisted living centers or nursing homes. You may be able to bring them to your home or take them out for dinner for Mother’s Day. However, a significant number of you realize that taking your own mother out of her environment will only distress her. If your mother has dementia, she may not even understand what you are doing or why this day is different from all the others.Under any circumstances, there’s real anguish in watching the slow mental and/or physical decline of a beloved elder.  Read more about how to celebrate with a mother…

  • Did Mom really know best?

    Carol Bradley Bursack
    12 May 2012 | 1:01 am
    Nearly every childhood leaves us with mixed memories. Even siblings raised together by the same parents can have wildly differing views on how their shared childhood played out. For most of us, there are times when we think, "Hmm, Mom was right about that." Other times, we know for certain she was wrong. The same goes for Dad, of course, but we're addressing Mom in this particular article. Read more about aging mother's caregiving and Mother's Day: Purchase Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories – paperback or e-book
 
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