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The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is offering tips to workers who might live with someone who has Alzheimer’s disease, providing steps that they should take when they return home to help protect their loved one.
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You can be a professor but when the disease strikes your loved one, you suddenly have the care taker’s role too.
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He was a strong advocate to promote knowledge about dementia.
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The truth: Alzheimer’s and other dementia diseases are always a burden on loved ones. The lesser-known truth: Dealing with the diseases can provide positive impacts of a temporary or even lasting nature.
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A Birmingham nonprofit organization connects Alzheimer’s, dementia patients with art, see it in our link for today.
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Read the story about this great initiative to provide bracelets to people with Alzheimer’s so that law enforcement can trace them when they get missing.
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Joan Cohen is passionate about spreading awareness surrounding Alzheimer’s disease. “We’re talking about the sixth leading cause of death, and it’s the only one that can’t be cured, prevented or slowed,” the Stockbridge resident shared in a recent phone interview. Cohen’s debut novel, “Land of Last Chances” (Aug. 13, She Writes Press), seeks to illuminate the challenges of those suffering from the disease.
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How to care for your loved one when a natural disaster strikes. The Houston Chronicle brings you a great number of tips.
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“You may have somebody who can’t still do verbal language, but you put music on them and they will start to sing, so there’s some type of recognition that’s still there and we don’t truly understand all of it but we know it’s there and it works,” said Avantara Saint Cloud Alzheimer’s Care Director Shauna Gunnells.
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When John Searle started to fall down and lose his memory, he thought it was the early signs of dementia. But it turns out he has a rare – and often undiagnosed – condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus. The good news is it’s treatable.
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Santa Fe hosts an initiative called Alzheimer’s Cafe, part of a movement to accommodate the growing number of people with dementia, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports.
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Read the heartwarming story of how people with dementia can relive their past by biking through familiar places, or exploring new ones, while not leaving their home.
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A survey released this week by the Alzheimer’s Association finds that nearly 90 percent of Americans say they would want others to tell them if they were showing signs of memory loss or other symptoms of dementia. And yet, nearly three quarters of Americans say having that conversation would be “challenging” for them.
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The Springfield Museum of Art has joined the battle against dementia and Alzheimer’s disease with its In the Moment program.
Launched last fall, In the Moment lets families or caregivers join those afflicted with memory issues to take in the Museum’s exhibits, enjoy snacks and even create an art project together.
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The majority of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease fit into a certain stereotype: senior citizens well over age 65, primarily women. For many people, this “senility” is not surprising. It’s even expected. But when the afflicted person is younger – in the prime of life – people are confused. Family members may be upset or angry. Doctors often are at a loss for a diagnosis.
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As our population ages (by 2050, Alzheimer’s is projected to affect nearly 14 million Americans age 65 and older), we will increasingly need to answer the question: What are the boundaries of commitment and love when one partner can no longer remember the other or comprehend their shared history?
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Molly Fogel is part of the crusade to help people better understand what it’s like living with this illness. That’s where virtual reality comes in.
“Virtual reality helps you become part of Harry’s morning,” Fogel explains of the program. “You will be in his shoes.
“It’s a 3 minute and 12 second experience.”
The video goes through the first part of Harry’s day. He has Alzheimer’s.
During the VR experience, users will experience things like blurry vision, hallucinations, confusion and disorganization.
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Therapy dolls have been presented to the patients because they can provide a sense of calm for when they get anxious or stressed.
“We had dolls for the females and males,” the initiative taker said. “We chose dolls because it actually helps calm them down when they get stressed or anxiety when they start to wander. It also helps the caregiver.”
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