Alzheimer; News from the web:
Wonderful story about a therapy with Alzheimer patients who work on art pieces.
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Category Archives: Human interest
Alzheimer? There is an app for that
Alzheimer; News from the web:
Read about the app, designed to help patients with alzheimer and other forms of dementia sing their favorite tunes and so stave off the disease for a bit longer.
Read all about it HERE
Eye see….. I forget
Alzheimer; News from the web:
Journalism junior Michael Baez, theatre and dance senior Callie Hacker and theatre and dance junior Selina Rosales created “Eye See … I Forget” to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative illness that impacts memory and cognitive function.
Read all about it HERE
The life story network for alzheimer
Alzheimer; News from the web:
Pippa Kelly made me aware of the great work the Life Story Network does.
Discovering George Arthur Moss through his Life Story Book reminded me that we are all so much more than the aspect we present to a stranger for the very first time. When we’re independent and can communicate clearly, this doesn’t much matter, but if and when our health fails or for some reason we become dependent on others, it is vital for them to know who we are. Of course it is. Put like that, it sounds so obvious, so simple, so human.
Read all about the Life Story Network HERE Pippa’s blog is HERE
Your doctor also struggles with Alzheimer
Alzheimer; News from the web:
Dr. Lewis E. Winans, senior medical director at Reading Hospital, described Alzheimer’s as devastating and difficult to diagnose. Certainly, doctors don’t want to make the diagnosis until they are sure, he said.Talking to patients about Alzheimer’s is more difficult than talking about cancer, he said, because there has been so much medical progress in treating various cancers.”The problem is (with Alzheimer’s) there is no treatment to cure it,” Winans explained. “There is medicine that slows the progression.” –
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Alzheimer from a child’s perspective
Alzheimer; News from the web:
Written from a child’s perspective a story about how the writer gets introduced to dementia and alzheimer over the years.
Read all about it HERE