Category Archives: Human interest

Alzheimer choir

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HERE is a great initiative!

“Once you get the diagnosis [of Alzheimer’s], you’re identified as either the patient or the caregiver. You start to feel less like spouses,” said Tom Allen, who takes a half-day of vacation on Wednesdays so he can attend the rehearsals at the MacPhail Center for Music in downtown Minneapolis. “In this environment, we’re husband and wife. This is one of the few things that we can still do as a couple. … We love this choir.”

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A clever new analysis has found that during his two terms in office, subtle changes in Mr. Reagan’s speaking patterns linked to the onset of dementia were apparent years before doctors diagnosed hisAlzheimer’s disease in 1994.

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Alzheimer musical

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Developed in partnership with Jeffrey Steiger, a pioneer of applied theater, who wrote the original book, music and lyrics, as well as directs Tangles, a musical play and educational outreach initiative concerning cognitive impairment.

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Just 1 in 3 Alzheimer patients know their diagnosis

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A pretty alarming statistic, apparently only 45% of patients and caregivers are told the diagnosis of alzheimer and if you only count the patients themselves the number drops to 33%. Doctors tend to not tell the diagnosis to avoid emotional stress. Read the report by the Alzheimer association for more details….. and talk to your doctor about this.

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