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Still relatively little is known about exactly what makes Alzheimer’s disease destroy the brain. Now scientists have at least agreed that two proteins, that long have had separate research groups looking at them, together are a major cause of Alzheimer’s and that our best bet to fight off Alzheimer’s may well be to prevent both proteins from developing their harmful works.
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Here is a couple that has put on more than 500 musical shows in assisted living homes to aid people with Alzheimer. People react to music and participation is strongly encouraged.
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The Alzheimer’s Reading Room is the number one source of life news and information for the entire Alzheimers and Dementia community. The goal of the Alzheimer’s Reading Room is to Educate, sometimes Entertain, and Empower Alzheimer’s caregivers, their families, and the entire Alzheimer’s community.
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Often I wonder how our wonderful scientists get the ideas for their research. It is not clear to me how a group of researchers came to feed mice with a piece that comes from the dirt on Easter Island, only to discover it may help people who suffer from Alzheimer.
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Investigators hope to prove that more effective coping methods for dealing with stress, and a greater understanding of its biological impact, may reduce the growing Alzheimer’s burden.
An 18-month study will involve monitoring 140 people, aged 50 and over, with mild cognitive impairment. The participants will be assessed for levels of stress and assessed for any progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia.
Experts say that about 60 per cent of people with mild cognitive impairment go on to develop Alzheimer’s.
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Curtis Lee was in a fog in an Illinois care facility in March, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, when he looked over at his wife of 51 years and suddenly announced that he was somebody else.
“He said, ‘My name is Choy,'” said his wife, Violet Lee. “I said, ‘Does Mr. Choy have a first name?’ and he said, ‘Paul.’ I said, ‘Well, then who is Curtis Lee?’ He just smiled and went off to La-La Land.”
The question of who is Curtis Lee and who is Paul Choy now haunts Violet Lee, 71, who believes her husband was born in Honolulu to a prominent family and attended Punahou School, but has been living under an assumed identity for at least half a century.
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