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LATEST ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH NEWS YOU CAN USE

Expert reviewed Alzheimer’s and Dementia News

Year: 2011

Alzheimer’s and the Credit Card Dilemma
There’s no question that people with Alzheimer’s disease will eventually develop a problem in regards to dealing with their daily…
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Drumroll, Rimshot…very funny
I am well aware that in the gamut of behaviors exhibited by Alzheimer’s patients, there are problems vastly worse than…
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Apraxalexiagnosi-what?
Have you ever seen one of those “novels” which are written for high-school students with the aim of prepping them…
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The Alzheimer’s Whisperer
When I first met him, he was a young man with only two speeds; flat out or sound asleep. He…
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Inspiring Times
Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s make this quite clear, we are living in INSPIRING TIMES; things are changing and changing for…
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Completing the Circle: The Montessori Method for Alzheimer’s Care
He first stacked the pink tower cubes from the largest to the smallest, very slowly and carefully placing the smallest…
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A Moving Deliberation
A daughter—the one who tends to be around the most regularly—is giving some serious thought to flying the coop. Though…
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Are We There Yet?
It is one of my special idiosyncrasies that I am so anxious to have an inkling of what will happen…
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Me and My Alzheimer’s
Book Review by Stan Goldberg Entering the mind of another person is never easily. And when that person is in…
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Weathering the Storm
When a natural disaster occurs, chances are, you will have no time to stop and think. Caring for a loved…
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Idle Hands
It’s necessary to keep them occupied. Place a photo album, playing cards, magazines in front of them, anything to keep…
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Stowing the roll-aboard, for now
I am not apt to take Jeff on a cross-country train again. I am not apt to take him anywhere…
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We’ll Always Have Seattle
Jeff is standing on the front porch. He likes to go outside when the weather is nice. Not that there’s…
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Out of the mouth of babe’s
Hiya all, just had to tell you all this. As we arrived at the holiday camp, Elaine was very busy…
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The Sidecar
I’ve just returned from a week-long trip with Jeff and my mom, and that was slated to be the subject…
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Is Dementia Considered Contagious?
A fellow caregiver recently asked me, “Is dementia contagious?” She explained to me that since she has been caring for…
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Make a Joyful Noise!
We experience some amazing things in this dementia work. One of the very best experiences is when we incorporate music…
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Poke, Prod, and Pizza
Thanks to the U.S. Government seeing its way clear to not shutting down last week, Jeff and I will proceed,…
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Imperfect Caregiving and Perfect Storms
My first personal experience with the potentially devastating consequences of Alzheimer’s disease to a person’s safety was the time my…
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With a Little Help from My Friends
Betty was filling the watercolor paper with multi-colored dots. Dots of blue and green and yellow and pink were raining…
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Under Stress
As I sit here on this sunny day, With my hospital appointment only hours away, I start to think of…
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Living Day To Day
I went to a meeting yesterday of the Torbay Dementia Leadership Group of which I am lucky enough to be…
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The Long Goodbye
Just when a person’s memory really begins to matter most in life, this cruel and heartless disease comes along, disrupting…
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The Way it is, Unmasked
Recently, a fellow spouse on the Alzheimer Spouse support forum I frequent (thealzheimerspouse.com) wondered whether her feelings about…
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