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Medication as Chemical Restraint
Relying soley on medication to cure or significantly change behavior is unlikely to produce results. Medication needs to be considered in terms of how it might support other interventions from…
Caring for Someone with Alzheimer Disease
Caring for someone with Alzheimer disease can be extremely challenging, especially if the someone is a loved one. Watching someone you love slowly deteriorate into a person you hardly recognize (or who hardly recognizes you) is heartbreaking, but there is hope…
Memory Loss in Alzheimers Disease
Memory loss occurs in all cases of Alzheimers, but in the early stages it can be difficult to detect as people manage to cover it up well. The most recent memories are the first to go, and it’s only much later as the Alzheimers condition has become much more severe does the past memory become affected.
Liz Taylor Reported to Have Alzheimer’s Disease
Elizabeth Taylor is being treated for Alzheimer’s disease according to a friend who has spoken to the National Enquirer magazine. Miss Taylor who is 74 years old has apparently told…
Are You at Risk for Getting Alzheimer?s Disease?
This article from Kris Kelkar, can answer some of the questions you might have on are you at risk for getting Alzheimers disease.
The Alzheimer?s Association of Los Angeles, Riverside & San Bernardino Counties
The Alzheimer’s Association of Los Angeles, Riverside & San Bernardino Counties In Los Angeles County, the Alzheimer’s Association’s mission is to meet the needs of an ethnically and culturally diverse population by offering patient and family services, support care, safe return bracelet program, community education, …
Mini-Cog Diagnostic Test for Alzheimer’s Disease
The Mini-Cog is a quick test used by doctors and clinicians to assess someone who seems to be presenting with the signs and symptoms of a dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease….
Alzheimers Disease and Disabling Disorientation Part 2
Disorientation can be devastating with Alzheimers disease, both for the person who has it AND for their caregivers. It it often seen as the sign that the person is “losing their mind,” and it is very frightening.
Alzheimers Disease and Disabling Disorientation?Part 1
Disorientation (or not knowing who or where you are or what day month etc it is), is very common in Alzheimers disease. It’s also noted as one of the defining early symptoms, and as it is very closed connected with a person’s memory or the ability to remember, it’s not surprising.