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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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Category Archives: Human interest
Music and memory program connects Alzheimer’s, dementia residents to their past
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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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Some diseases get confused with Alzheimer’s
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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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An Alzheimer’s cafe
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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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Biking their way through memories
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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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Know the signs and talk about it
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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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