The Georgia legislative session has just three days remaining. But for people like Fred Brown and Mignon Fleishel, it will be an agonizing countdown. They each have an elderly mother living in a Kennesaw assisted living facility. Both women have dementia... (Continue reading)
We are driving in silence along the road near my house when I hear my mother counting. I am hunched over the wheel, gnawing the inside of my lip, plotting how I am going to pay this winter’s heating bill... (Continue reading)
Pick Causes Symptoms Information with Treatment Pick Disease Causes, symptoms with treatment Free Articles Online Directory Why Submit Articles? Authors Top Articles FAQ ABAnswers Post Article 0 & & $ browser.msie.) {Ie_version var = parseInt ($ browser.version.) if... (Continue reading)
I wrote this at 22:55 : Head to evacuate or see ( dementia ... (Continue reading)
‘Doctors rely heavily on memory tests for diagnosing people with Alzheimer’s, which aren’t especially reliable. It’s therefore a positive step to see a new technology being tested that could diagnose Alzheimer’s earlier and more accurately. 750,000 people in the UK... (Continue reading)
‘Magical Expressions” may be the ultimate outsider art show. That’s because it would be hard to find a group more marginalized than the 6,400 Marin seniors living with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and memory loss. The 75 pieces of art in the show... (Continue reading)
Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and Timely Intervention Can Lead to Better Planning CHICAGO, March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — According to 2011 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures, released today by the Alzheimer’s Association, there are nearly 15 million Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers... (Continue reading)
15 March 2011 New commissioning models will not meet the challenge of the growing need for dementia care, reveals a new report by leading think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr). A study of services in London, commissioned... (Continue reading)
While serving as a caregiver for her husband, Jim, who had Lewy body dementia (LBD), Selak first came to LBDA through an LBD support group. Selak resides in Spartanburg, is a stay-at-home mother and raised four children with her loving... (Continue reading)
The next step after diagnosis is an extensive period of dementia treatment ... (Continue reading)