Alzheimer; News from the web:
“Museums look after memories,” says Carol Rogers, executive director for Education and Communities at National Museums Liverpool, “whether they are thousands of years old or within our lifetime. The House of Memories is our project set up to train carers to use those memories as a resource in dementia care.”
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
Face Dementia a new app that slowly deletes all your facebook content so you can experience what it is to get dementia.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
We don’t take sides in this debate. We wouldn’t probably do the arguments right trying to rephrase them so we won’t but will from time to time link to the continuing debates online.
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Alzheimer; News from the web:
In Alzheimer’s day centers and living facilities throughout South Florida, there are patients — once amateur or professional musicians — who continue to make beautiful, complex music long after they can no longer care for themselves. Their abilities show why music therapy programs increasingly are incorporating new techniques that involve more than just passively listening to songs.
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A writer talks about how Alzheimer that affected his Dad at a young age, has brought the family closer together and inspired him to write a book about it.
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So here is the dilemma. The research apparently finds ways to predict if someone would have or develop Alzheimer. These findings precede finding a cure. So the question becomes, if you know or could know that you have the disease, would you want to know? We know there is no cure. It is not for lack of trying or lack of funding as I believe the pharmaceutical industry is well aware of the Billions that can be made by the industry who finds the cure to the condition. What’s your view? Would you want to know you will be suffering from something when there is no cure or would you rather live life and see things come your way?
UPDATE: Read the response from our the Alzheimer Reading Room
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