Alzheimer; News from the web:
Home Instead Senior Care, which provides non-medical care and assistance to senior citizens in Dayton, is beginning the Alzheimer’s Friendly Business certification program in hopes of getting patients and caregivers out of the house and back into the community.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
Great article with advice for Veterans to either prevent Alzheimer’s or deal with it when they would get it.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
From the UK a horrific story about dementia caretakers abusing Alzheimer’s patients. The scenes were recorded with a hidden camera.
An encouragement for all of us to remain vigilant to find the (hopefully and probably) few rotten apples in caretakers land.
Read all about it HERE
Alzheimer; News from the web:
If you care for an Alzheimer’s patient you will recognize this situation; you have visited your mom with Alzheimer’s and after your visit your sister visits her. She asks mom; “Has my brother been visiting you lately” and the mom will most passionately say things like: “your brother!!! haven’t heard from him in months!!”…. but you just left the facility.
Now there is an app where families and caregivers can keep track of who has been to see the patients and….. to verify the information you have been told during your visit.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
Jennifer Elias writes a good story in Forbes about wearable tools that can help people with Alzheimer’s. She encourages you to comment on it and provide more ideas.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
My mother died of Alzheimer’s, should I get worried now? The Washington post writes an article about it.
Read all about it HERE