Learning How to Communicate with Someone Suffering From Alzheimer's Disease

As I thought about this I came to a simple conclusion. Instead of trying to change Alzheimer's World, instead of trying to fight Alzheimer's World, not only would I accept Alzheimer's World as a reality, I would go into Alzheimer's World and learn how to communicate effectively...

By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Earlier today, Carole Larkin published an interesting article -- How the Loss of Memory Works in Alzheimer’s Disease, and How Understanding This Could Help You.

I Promised Not to Put My Parents in a Nursing Home

I have heard a frequent phrase throughout my decades working with seniors.

I promised I wouldn’t put my parents in a nursing home.

Angil Tarach
Alzheimer's Reading Room

The decision to keep a parent home or place them in a facility is never an easy choice, and is usually contemplated for a long time. The horror stories we’ve all heard about nursing homes can make anyone cringe.

So how do you decide what is best for you loved one, especially when a parent has Alzheimer’s or dementia? 

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Study points to liver, not brain, as origin of Alzheimer's plaques

This unexpected finding holds promise for the development of new therapies to fight Alzheimer's...

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Unexpected results from a Scripps Research Institute and ModGene, LLC study could completely alter scientists' ideas about Alzheimer's disease pointing to the liver instead of the brain as the source of the "amyloid" that deposits as brain plaques associated with this devastating condition. The findings could offer a relatively simple approach for Alzheimer's prevention and treatment.

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