Category Archives: Alzheimer Overview

We need support services

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Caregivers are “killing themselves” to help patients. Here is what recent research shows:

What the study found is that there is an overwhelming need for support services such as respite and home care, adult daycare, companion services, and parallel doctor’s visits.

Caregivers to those suffering with Alzheimer’s perform daily living activities, such as hygiene, dressing, feeding, shopping, household chores, meal preparation, and transportation.

They help with medical needs, manage finances, keep a constant watch on behavioral changes or safety concerns. This often leaves little time to pay attention to their own needs and health issues.

The study showed that 60.6 percent of participants delayed treatment and 58.6 percent had worsening medical conditions.

These conditions included depression, stress, blood pressure, anxiety, and physical pain, including arthritis.

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The exhausted Alzheimer caregiver

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It is time to recognize the caregivers for our Alzheimer patients as this task can be very exhausting. Look at the video below:

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Listen to prof Martins AO about Alzheimer

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Professor Martins AO, Foundation Professor of Ageing and Alzheimer’s, Edith Cowan University, Perth is one of the world’s leading Alzheimer’s researchers. His new book ‘Understanding Alzheimer’s: the complete Australian guide to the management and prevention of Alzheimer’s’ is released in September to coincide with World Alzheimer’s month.

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It’s not Alzheimer!

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The last thing most patients do when they receive an Alzheimer’s diagnosis is seek another diagnosis.

But research shows that up to 5 percent of dementia cases are misdiagnosed cases of a treatable but largely unknown condition called “normal pressure hydrocephalus.”

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Alzheimer and difficulties with sleep

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Dear Dr. Rosenberg, My 78 year old mother has Alzheimer’s and is in a nursing home. She sleeps on and off throughout the day and night. There is no rhyme or reason as to when she falls asleep or is awake. Is this common in Alzheimer’s? Is there anything that can be done to help? Most of the time when we come to visit she is asleep.

A: What you are describing is called Irregular Sleep Wake Disorder. It is fairly common in Alzheimer’s sufferers. Their internal circadian clock has become completely disassociated from any semblance of a normal sleep wake schedule. The best treatment is plenty of bright light exposure during the day along with structured activities. In some studies, the addition of small doses of melatonin at night can be helpful.

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