Learning and sharing information to support loved ones with Alzheimer's and Dementia--
I know how difficult it is to find activities for your loved one who has Alzheimer’s. If your loved one is like my Mom, she was always happier if she had something productive to do. Raised on a farm as a child, Mom held to the theory that work should be done from sun-up to [...]
The Dementia Care Foundation is offering free information that can help anyone to a better relationship and more communication with their loved one who has Alzheimer’s or Dementia. The information may be downloaded in an Easy to save PDF file format, or save the link to their site and visit often. Below is a sample [...]
“The news about medications has become particularly disappointing lately.” That’s the statement that jumps out at me as I read, John Zeisel, Ph.D., from the Huffington Post Health. He mentions the use of a drug often prescribed during early stages of Alzheimer’s– Memantine (Namenda) and a new finding that this drug may be ineffective for [...]
For decades scientists would not believe that new neurons could be formed in the brain. The standard belief was that if you lost or damaged neurons in the brain, the damage was done. Neurons could not be replaced. But now, “The molecular and cellular details explaining how exercise stimulates the birth of new brain cells [...]
Some Medications available for the Alzheimer’s Patient and what do they do? Since Alzheimer’s disease is commonly a slow process, the disease affects people differently and therefore individuals respond to different treatments uniquely. Currently, there is no drug or treatment program that stops the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. However, for individuals who are in mild, [...]
Don’t Treat an Adult with Alzheimer’s like a Child When my mom first came to live with us because she’d been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, I could not keep that woman in the house. Every time I turned around she was outside, shaking rugs, sweeping the porch or trying to prepare a spot of ground for [...]
Wandering is a serious issue. Not only is it difficult to care for a loved one who wanders but it may be dangerous to their health. The risk is so great that many day-care centers and nursing homes refuse to take patients who wander. That alone, shows the serious nature of wandering. Many perils are [...]
Animals were the first to show researchers that a stimulating environment protects the brain as it ages. Rodents that lived in enriched environments with lots of toys and plenty of friends in the same cage were less likely to get Alzheimer’s than rodents living a more sedate and boring lifestyle with neither social activity nor [...]
In Pittsburgh, a study watched 300 people who kept records of how much they walked each week. It was determined that those who walked at least 30-60 minutes a day, for at least 5 days a week had less brain shrinkage than those who walked less. Kirk Erickson of the University of Pittsburgh studied the [...]
Activities to share and enjoy with a loved one who suffers Dementia or Alzheimer’s Recently, I learned that Amazon had complete sets of older televisions series from the 50′s and 60′s. I smiled and thought of Mom. She would love those shows because she loved to laugh! I have so many happy memories of watching [...]
