Alzheimer’s support group helps caregiver find a better path for the journey.
It’s certainly not news that physical exercise is good for your health and probably even good for lowering your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease .
It’s amazing how fast optimism about a cure or even effective treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease has dissolved into pessimism in just a short couple of years.
Today CNN’s web site ran a dramatic piece complete with video clip highlighting the realization among baby boomers that Alzheimer’s disease is the feared disease of their lives. The video begins with a woman stating she feels like Alzheimer’s is like a serial killer that is stalking her; she “knows his tactics, but just doesn’t know if she can escape.” Harry Johns, the President and CEO of the Alzheimer’s Association , refers to Alzheimer’s as “as much a thief as a killer.” ..
Caregivers need to find their own way of coping as they help Alzheimer’s patients.
In an era where movies like Avatar and virtual reality environments like Karga begin to become mainstream, I knew it was just a matter of time before someone came up with a virtual reality dementia experience. An article in the January 20 Palm Desert Sun describes how at a senior living community in Palm Desert, family members and caregivers were able to don goggles and experience dementia in a very unusual way. Developed by a geriatric psychologist, the experience involves a simultaneous combination of sensory disruptions and distractions in the areas of vision, hearing , and touch.
One of the first memories of my visiting assisted living facilities to assess and treat residents back in the late 1990′s was how there seemed to be cliques that formed. I remember telling my wife it felt like being back in high school.
After publishing a recent blog post on Alzheimer’s disease and lysosomes, I got an email from the father of twin girls who have the genetic lysosomal disorder referred to in the piece, Niemann Pick Type C. He informed me that this rare fatal disease, which is one of 50 lysosomal storage diseases, is often referred to as the “Childhood Alzheimer’s.” His twins are the first children in the U.S
New year brings good news on wellness visits and chocolate.
As you read and learn more about Alzheimer’s disease , you’ll find that the two most mentioned proteins that contribute to its cause are beta amyloid and tau . While amyloid plaques are made up of beta amyloid, neurofibrillary tangles are composed of tau proteins.
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