Alzheimer; News from the web:
Thanks L O’Bryan from @TryNewBooks for the recommendation. We haven’t read the book yet but are waiting for the responses from our tweet followers.
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Undercover Alzheimer’s patient
Alzheimer; News from the web:
A film director went undercover in an Alzheimer’s home for 5 days and hold a symposium to, among other things, tell about his experiences.
“Keep in mind that everybody living with dementia — and I constantly use that phrase, people living with dementia — they are still individuals, are still persons and that’s starting point from which we need to relate to them,” he said. “Even people with more advance dementia are absolutely still there, we just need to know how to reach them.”
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Alzheimer’s friendly certification
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’s care, there is an app for that
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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Art and Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer; News from the web:
Art and medicine have long been intertwined – from the earliest depictions of human anatomy to modern art therapy. A new art exhibit (“Interstice: Memory, Mind, and Alzheimer’s Disease,” open through September 9 in the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown University) takes that relationship in a new direction. A neuroscientist and artist teamed up with fellow artists to explore what it’s like to have Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Wearables to help people with Alzheimer’s
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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