According to Health Day News, a new study shows a connection between sleep deprivation and the risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease. This connection has something to do with levels of amyloid beta which is considered a marker for the disease. These levels tend to increase during waking hours and decrease with sleep, so when there [...]
700 Club’s Pat Robertson stated this week that divorce is okay when one of the spouses has Alzheimer’s Disease. Although most marriage vows contain the phrase “for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health til death do us part”, during a question and answer session this week, the religious broadcaster told his viewers that [...]
Question: My mother is currently in skilled nursing following a recent hospitalization after a fall. She has Alzheimer’s Disease and I don’t feel that we can care for her at home after her discharge. Will Medicare cover the cost of her care in an Alzheimer’s care facility? Unfortunately, the answer to that question is NO. Medicare [...]
I’m sure you’ve heard the statistics before: 60% of those persons who suffer from Alzheimer’s will wander at some point in their disease process; 92% of those persons with autism tend to wander. Those are very scary statistics. How can we be sure that they will be found AND found in time? This afternoon I [...]
On Golden Pond – a Lesson in Dementia Awareness? by Shelley Last night I watched On Golden Pond starring Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn. It also featured Jane Fonda. I ended up crying for an hour. I hadn’t seen the movie since it’s release in 1981 and I had forgotten that dementia (although the word was [...]
Lately I’ve seen a lot of articles on the possibility of being able to diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease at an earlier stage in the disease. Now, a new article, published on the website www.nhs.uk speaks of an American study that stated that brain scans may be able to detect Alzheimer’s Disease in a patient years before symptoms [...]
During the last weeks and days of my father’s life, family and friends came to visit him and pay their last respects. Unfortunately, my daughter was not able to visit him before my father moved into the last stages of dementia. A negative experience at the hospital caused him to experience delirium and then to decline [...]
“Staying Afloat in a Sea of Forgetfullness: Common Sense Caregiving” was written by Gary Joseph LeBlanc who was a primary caregiver for his own father who was stricken with Alzheimer’s Disease. Gary states that his goal was to write a book that was as “caregiver friendly” as possible and that is just what this book is. [...]
Alzheimer’s Disease – 5 Reasons Why Awareness Matters November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness month and with this disease, awareness really matters. Novel methods for more accurate diagnoses and new drugs for better treatment will play important roles in a comprehensive solution to the Alzheimer’s problem. However, a careful look at how “awareness and education” can [...]
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release October 29, 2010 Presidential Proclamation–National Family Caregivers Month ——- BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Every day, family members, friends, neighbors, and concerned individuals across America provide essential attention and assistance to their loved ones. Many individuals in [...]
