Knock out rose that david and lori gave me last mother's day.
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My rose garden
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Washington dc
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Got into Washington yesterday afternoon. When I got in, the entire terminal looked different to me. I realized that I had never flown Airtran into Washington DC before -- always Delta. So, I got really confused and disoriented. I had a panic attack and then asked for some help to get my bags and a taxi. Once I got to the hotel it was fine, but needless to say I didn't venture out much on my (Source: Dealing with Alzheimer's Blog)
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Most americans can’t spot stroke warning signs
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clipped from www.msnbc.msn.comLess than half of Americans can recognize the top five warning signs of stroke, information that could help save thousands of people from death and disability, the U.S. Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention said on Thursday.These findings indicate a need to increase awareness of stroke warning symptoms in the...
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Happy Birthday Kip!!! Kip is our nephew in Indiana… We left this morning and were gone all day… We went to drop off clothes at the cleaners, went by doctor’s office to pick up prescriptions, went to see Alfred at the Baptist Hospital, then to the pharmacy on base, then to the BX, then to the commissary, then we went to Penny’s, next we went to TLC Nursery, and then we went to Subway to pick up supper, Heather was there working and fixed our sandwiches… … Guess what? I am tired… Goodnight All… Keeping The Faith In Oklahoma. (Source: Mary's Place)
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The caring today contest
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clipped from thecaregiver.blogspot.com"The Caring Today contest is a way for caregivers to get the word out about their experiences," said Strecker Richard. "We are honored to provide family caregivers a chance to be heard and to support these dedicated, under-recognized heroes. We're excited that Home Instead Senior Care is offering $16,000 worth...
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Health tip- sunscreen & sunblock weather for alzheimer’s patients & caregivers
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With the warmer weather leading us into summer (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), Alzheimer’s patients and caregivers will be outside more. That generally means more exposure to the sun and the need for sunblock.
Scott Warthon, at b5’s Health and Men, has some great information about Understanding Sun Protection Factor or SPF . This helps us understand why and how the different levels of SPF work as they do. He also has posted a chart giving us information regarding which SPF to use with which skin type.
(Scott learned the hard way…he got a sunburn! See This is Why You...
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The caring today contest
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"The Caring Today contest is a way for caregivers to get the word out about their experiences," said Strecker Richard. "We are honored to provide family caregivers a chance to be heard and to support these dedicated, under-recognized heroes. We're excited that Home Instead Senior Care is offering $16,000 worth of relief to the people who really...
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It has been a stormy day. We got much more rain than we needed. We got close to four inches of rain…. Since I wasn’t able to spend any time outside I watched the birds at the feeder and worked in the house. I dusted and hopefully I won’t have to dust again for awhile since the rain has settled the dust. I cleaned all the crystal and helped fix supper… David called and they are having a Mother’s Day dinner at granddaughter Erin and Kerry’s house. Erin saw the doctor today and she is doing better. Thanks for all your prayers. Keep them coming please. Kooper Allen should be here on May 24. The day before Dave’s...
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Music therapy helps some regain speech after stroke
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A story that can only be called "heartwarming" was recently published by The New York Times online. Titled, "At 60, He Learned to Sing So He Could Learn to Talk," the story is about how a man regained his ability to talk after a stroke - by singing.
The story explains the brain hemispheres involved, but it's the singing that made the difference for this gentleman. My first thought, when I saw this headline, was how often we hear of... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
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Sleep disturbances in alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers.
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A new study has found that “…sleep disturbances among Alzheimer patients vary significantly from those of their family caregivers, and that, surprisingly, poor sleep in either the patient or caregiver is not necessarily linked to disturbed sleep in the other. “
The study looked at sleep-wake activity of the Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers over a week. The results found that the “… greatest stability for patients was observed for the time of night when they went to bed. For caregivers, the greatest stability was total wake time at night. The least stable patient sleep variable w...
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Alzheimer's question 2 -- is it alzheimer's or something else?
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Q. Many people assume that if an older person becomes forgetful and can no longer deal with some of the basic activities of daily living, he or she must have Alzheimer’s disease. A sad case in point: My father’s internist diagnosed him with Alzheimer’s disease last year (my father was then 80) and prescribed medication that didn’t seem to help at...
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Retail clinic closures ‘not unlike the dot com bubble’
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clipped from blogs.wsj.comRetail clinics are hitting some tough realities as they move past the era of hype.Like the Internet, the clinics aren’t going away. But an initial wave of enthusiasm does seem to be passing, as some clinics go bust and others scale back expansion plans, the WSJ reports.
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Off again
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I'm off to Washington DC tomorrow. Two days between trips isn't quite enough for me. Plus, I'm getting a cold my son had over the weekend. When I get to DC tomorrow I think I have about one day of rest before things get busy.
BBC America is going to do a piece on Alzheimer's while I am in Washington and they will be interviewing my son and I and following us during the conference. The piece (Source: Dealing with Alzheimer's Blog)
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Ask an alzheimer's specialist
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Vitamin B-12: Can it improve memory in Alzheimer's?
Mayo Clinic neuropsychologist Glenn Smith, Ph.D., and colleagues answer select questions from readers. clipped from www.mayoclinic.comIs it true that vitamin B-12 supplements can improve memory? What about in people with Alzheimer's disease?Vitamin B-12 may improve memory in people with a proven...
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Retail clinic closures ‘not unlike the dot com bubble’
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clipped from blogs.wsj.comRetail clinics are hitting some tough realities as they move past the era of hype.Like the Internet, the clinics aren’t going away. But an initial wave of enthusiasm does seem to be passing, as some clinics go bust and others scale back expansion plans, the WSJ reports.
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Clinical trial: epix pharmaceuticals initiates phase 2b program in alzheimer's disease
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Get information about this clinical trial at Clinical Trialsclipped from www.medicalnewstoday.com
"We are encouraged by the PRX-03140 data we've seen to date, and based upon this, we are pleased to see EPIX begin the Phase 2b program with PRX-03140 in Alzheimer's disease," said Hugh Cowley, M.D., head of GSK's Center of Excellence for External...
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Ask an alzheimer's specialist
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Vitamin B-12: Can it improve memory in Alzheimer's?
Mayo Clinic neuropsychologist Glenn Smith, Ph.D., and colleagues answer select questions from readers. clipped from www.mayoclinic.comIs it true that vitamin B-12 supplements can improve memory? What about in people with Alzheimer's disease?
Vitamin B-12 may improve memory in people with a...
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Happy Birthday Vicky!!! Happy Belated Birthday Janey!!! Vicky is our friend in Illinois and Janey is our friend in Illinois... We got a good rain last night. So the lawn, garden, and flowers are happy… This morning I got the crock pot out and made peppered steak. Tonight all I had to do was make the rice… I have been rearranging the living room furniture. What a job that was. I finally got it the way I wanted it… Tonight I am relaxing and watching Dancing With the Stars… Goodnight All… Keeping The Faith In Oklahoma (Source: Mary's Place)
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Another video on alzheimer’s caregiving.
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Interesting talk by Sandy Braff, author of Staying Connected While Letting Go: The Paradox of Alzheimer’s Caregiving. Sandy talks about her book and about the paradox of Alzheimer’s caregiving. Video is part of the “SIRA (Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging)” series from UCTelevision.
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Links for 2008-05-05 [digg]
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D.C. Madam Handwritten Suicide Note
Click the link labeled 'Read the Letters' to view and read the original handwritten suicide note.
Engineering wonder world's longest sea-crossing bridge (Chin
The world's longest sea-crossing bridge opened in China just a few days ago, an engineering wonder designed to cut in half the travel time between Shanghai and the key port of Ningbo — from four hours to about two. (Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The)
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Graduation
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was Sunday at Stanford for Law School. Here is a family photo. I'm leaving in two days for the Public Policy forum and will try to post before leaving. (Source: Dealing with Alzheimer's Blog)
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Ibuprofen reduces alzheimer's risk
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People who took the painkiller ibuprofen for more than five years had a 40 percent lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
The study involved more than 49,000 U.S. veterans aged 55 and older who developed Alzheimer's and nearly 200,000 who had no form of dementia.
DOCTOR Caution: DON'T START TAKING...
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Alzheimer's question, where can i get the best medical evaluation for my wife?
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Q. My wife’s doctor thinks she may have an early form of Alzheimer’s disease. It’s been a week since he gave us that devastating news, but I now feel able to gather my wits and do whatever I can to help get her the best care. We are retired, 78 years old, and able to travel to any center that is recommended. What medical specialists should we seek...
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Josh
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Happy Birthday Josh!!! Josh is our grandson in Piedmont who is 19 today…The Roses, white Iris, and Peonies are all blooming… I chatted with my online friends in the DASNI chat room, cleaned the bathrooms, did laundry, fixed lunch, and scrubbed down the patio furniture… Dave planted the asparagus that a friend gave us. Kathy and I love asparagus. We can’t wait till it is ready... Alfred called, he is back in the hospital for a week for some high doses of chemo. Please keep Alfred in your prayers… Tonight we were invited to Kenny and Kathy’s for a birthday dinner and cake and ice cream for Josh… Then I went wit...
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Diabetes and alzheimer’s disease.
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Diabetes Link To Alzheimer’s Disease Explained -Diabetics have a higer risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease. Here’s why…
Diabetes In Mid-life Linked To Increased Risk Of Alzheimer’s Disease - a long term study has found that men who develop late onset diabetes have an increased risk in developing Alzheimer’s Disease as well/
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Slow medicine: a new approach to elders' quality of life
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What would it be like if we gave the elderly the time and the information to make their own decisions about the level of medical care given to them as they approach the final hour? That's the idea behind slow medicine, which is described in a New York Times article by Jane Gross.
"Grounded in research at the Dartmouth Medical School, slow medicine encourages physicians to put on the brakes when considering care that may have... (Source: Dorian Martin's SharePosts)
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Study shows mixing dementia drugs with incontinence drugs can cause decline
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Why am I not surprised? A study has shown that two classes of drugs often given, in tandem, to people with dementia - a population that also tends to have problems with incontinence - are together causing more rapid functional decline.
In "Dual Treatment of Incontinence and Dementia Associated with Functional Decline," a study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, shows that "The two drugs are... (Source: Carol Bradley Bursack's SharePosts)
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Can exposure to aluminum cause alzheimer's?
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I received this question today: "I am so afraid of using aluminum products, because I believe it caused my mother's and her best friend's Alzheimer's. They worked together in an aluminum plant for most of their lives and they died together too. I am wondering if that connection has been proven yet?"
Hi, so sorry to hear about your loss. It is interesting that the Aluminum/Alzheimer's connection continues to persist for... (Source: Jacqueline Marcell's SharePosts)
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Alzheimer's question 1 – where can i get the best medical evaluation for my wife?
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Q. My wife’s doctor thinks she may have an early form of Alzheimer’s disease. It’s been a week since he gave us that devastating news, but I now feel able to gather my wits and do whatever I can to help get her the best care. We are retired, 78 years old, and able to travel to any center that is recommended. What medical specialists should we seek...
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Rehabiltation therapy causes increase in gray matter
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Might benefit those predisposed to Alzheimer's via genetics. clipped from www.newswise.comEdward Taub, Ph.D., a UAB neuroscientist and developer of
Constraint-Induced (CI) therapy, and Lynne Gauthier, a graduate student
at UAB, discuss findings showing that CI therapy produces an increase in
the gray matter of the brain of stroke patients who...
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Dr. rabins talks about long-term care
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Many people admit that this is one of the hardest things they will ever do. That's how I once described the distress and despair that caregivers of dementia patients confront when they begin to ask themselves -- Has the time come to move my loved one into a residential care facility? In this excerpt from the Memory Bulletin, acclaimed Johns...
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Pin1 is beneficial in alzheimer's disease, detrimental to some forms of dementia
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This is a good example of the need to go beyond your family doctor and get a specialist to diagnose specific types of dementia. I am still amazed at how many people I meet that simply accept the family doctor diagnosis and prescribed treatment. It is not widely known you need to "ask" for the consult as many health care companies don't want to pay...
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Who should mds let die in a pandemic? report offers answers
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Tip, don't get old or sick.
They include the very elderly, seriously hurt trauma victims, severely burned patients and those with severe dementia. clipped from hosted.ap.orgDoctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won't get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die.Now, an...
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Wal-mart expands $4 generic program
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clipped from blogs.wsj.comHere’s a list of drugs in the $4 prescription program and here’s a fact sheet that Wal-Mart prepared for the media.Wal-Mart, which has been wading deeper into the health-care waters latelyAs of April 28, Wal-Mart’s tally of savings on generics is $1,163,726,502.08. (This post explains the company’s methodology.)Here are...
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Florida congressman wants silver alert program
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clipped from alzheimers.about.comWe've all heard of Amber Alert, the highly successful program designed to find missing children before it's too late. But have you heard of Silver Alert? Modeled after Amber Alert, Silver Alert notification systems help locate missing individuals who have Alzheimer's disease or related dementias.
Bilirakis recently...
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Pin1 is beneficial in alzheimer's disease, detrimental to some forms of dementia
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This is a good example of the need to go beyond your family doctor and get a specialist to diagnose specific types of dementia. I am still amazed at how many people I meet that simply accept the family doctor diagnosis and prescribed treatment. It is not widely known you need to "ask" for the consult as many health care companies don't want to pay...
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Rehabiltation therapy causes increase in gray matter
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Might benefit those predisposed to Alzheimer's via genetics. clipped from www.newswise.comEdward Taub, Ph.D., a UAB neuroscientist and developer of
Constraint-Induced (CI) therapy, and Lynne Gauthier, a graduate student
at UAB, discuss findings showing that CI therapy produces an increase in
the gray matter of the brain of stroke patients who...
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Is it alzheimer's or something else?
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Q. Many people assume that if an older person becomes forgetful and can no longer deal with some of the basic activities of daily living, he or she must have Alzheimer’s disease. A sad case in point: My father’s internist diagnosed him with Alzheimer’s disease last year (my father was then 80) and prescribed medication that didn’t seem to help at...
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I attended church services on television… I rode the bike, dusted, visited with the neighbors, fixed lunch, dusted some more, and fixed supper… David called to say he made it back home safely. Thank you God… I am really tired tonight… Goodnight All… Keeping The Faith In Oklahoma (Source: Mary's Place)
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Video looks at alzheimer’s caregivers.
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Here’s a three part series from WXEL’s local ‘South Florida Today’ magazine show. Featuring personal stories, it looks at the everyday challenges and a slice of life of dedicated caregivers.
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I did more work in the garden and the rest of the day I played solitaire and watched movies. “Our House” “No Reservations” and A Teacher’s Crime… Dave and Kenny flew their planes… Goodnight All… Keeping The Faith In Oklahoma (Source: Mary's Place)
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Happy Belated Birthday Diana!!! Happy Birthday Sharon!!! Diana is a friend in Florida and Sharon is our friend in North Carolina… I have been busy today. I worked in the flower gardens and fed all the flowers, tomatoes, and bell peppers some Miracle Gro… I cleaned the bathroom, dusted our bedroom, did laundry, and helped fix supper… I made a check out to the Salvation Army to send a child to camp. I have great memories of when they sent me to camp when I was 12. In fact it is one of my best childhood memories… I saw the first hummingbird of the year… Martha, David, and Wade called. David is in North Carolina on a...
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Dr. leon j. thal discusses alzheimer’s disease.
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Contribute art for alzheimer’s research
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Contribute your Alzheimer’s related art for a zine to raise funds for Alzheimer’s research. Katelyn at Stamping Mad is initiating this project, Giving Back - A Call for Alzheimer’s Related Art, at her blog.
I was thinking to do something a bit different [from last year]. I want to create a zine (a type of magazine) called “A Portrait of Alzheimer’s” and am looking for people to make art that fits this theme to include in the zine. Since you can just take a good, high resolution photo for me instead of sending in original art, it should be less costly for everyone to...
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Happy Birthday Martha!!! Martha is our friend in Bethany, Oklahoma…We went to town today to get groceries at Aldi’s and then to the TLC Nursery. I got a nice hanging basket of Petunia, more tomato plants, Clematis, and a Chinese Pistache tree to replace a Japenses Maple tree that we had replaced twice so have given up on having one of them… Tonight was Dr. Mitch’s chat and we had a great turn out again… We are having bad weather in the state but so far we are all okay… Kathy came down to visit and ate peanuts in the shell with Dave… Goodnight All… Keeping The Faith In Oklahoma (Source: Mary's Place)
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Visited today
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I went to see mum and dad today. It was depressing, though. On the surface,
there was not much to be depressed about. Yesterday I spoke to dad's doctor and
requested that the Haliperidol be stopped. He agreed to do this, and 'see how
things go'. Dad has been shaved and looks much frailer and shrunken without his
beard, but that is nothing, really. He took a while to see me when I arrived,
but knew who I was and said he was pleased to see me. He followed me on a short
walk into mum's area, where we joined her for afternoon tea. She seemed to be
in reasonable spirits, too, though she obviously knew me much better than she
kn...
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Alzheimer’s news from around the world.
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Alzheimer’s Disease Risks Gender Specific: Women With Depression, Men With Stroke - “The risks of developing Alzheimer’s disease differ between the sexes, with stroke in men, and depression in women, critical factors, suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry…” (more)
Disease-modifying drug may slow Alzheimer’s disease - “The results of a clinical trial suggest that a new drug slows the functional decline seen in patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease, according to a report in the online issue of The Lancet Neurology...
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Health implications of family caregiving
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Follow the link for additional information. Sponsored by the National Institute for Health this looks like it could be very informative and of great value to caregivers. This is only a short list of the topics being covered. clipped from videocast.nih.govView event:You will be able to view the event at
http://videocast.nih.gov when the
event...
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