The Sexes and Alzheimer's By Jane Farrell blog Recently, I turned on the radio in my car and heard the last few minutes of a Minnesota Public Radio […]
_ Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias Parkinson's Disease Skin Biopsy May Help Detect Alzheimer's and ParkinsonΓÇÖs By article Scientists have discovered a skin test that may shed new light on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, according to a study … Read More→
Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias Longevity Protein Protects Against Alzheimer's By article Scientists from the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco report in February 2015 in the Journal of … Read More→
_ Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias Insulin, Nasal Spray and Alzheimer's By article A form of insulin delivered via nasal spray could help improve memory and other cognitive functions in adults with mild … Read More→
_ Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias How to Handle Hallucinations and Delusions in Alzheimer's Patients By article EditorΓÇÖs note: AlzheimerΓÇÖs is one of the most frightening diseases in existence, and caring for a person with AD can … Read More→
Caregiving Taking the Right Precautions for a Family Member with Alzheimer's By Jane Farrell article More than 15 million Americans ΓÇô usually family members or friends ΓÇô provide unpaid caregiving to people with AlzheimerΓÇÖs disease … Read More→
Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias Medical Research Another ΓÇ£Alzheimer's in a DishΓÇ¥ Model By Jane Farrell article In October 2014, we posted an article on ThirdAge.com about an ΓÇ£AlzheimerΓÇÖs in a Dish ModelΓÇ¥ (https://thirdage.com/node/2884631) developed at Massachusetts … Read More→
_ Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias Medical Research A New Cause of Alzheimer's? By Jane Farrell article Blocking a key brainΓÇôcell receptor may eventually lead to neutralizing some consequences of AlzheimerΓÇÖs, according to a new study from … Read More→
Alzheimer's-Related Memory Disorder Identified By Jane Farrell article A multi-institutional study has defined and established criteria for a new neurological disease closely resembling Alzheimer’s disease called primary age-related … Read More→
Alzheimer's Abuse By blog Captured on video: Two nursing assistants at Palm Gardens Nursing Home in Winter Haven, Florida repeatedly hitting and abusing a […]
Atypical Types of Dementia: Hippocampal Sparing Alzheimer's Disease By blog Earlier this year I began reading about a variant type of dementia called hippocampal sparing AlzheimerΓÇÖs disease, which results in […]
_ Handling Paranoia and Delusions in Alzheimer's Patients By Jane Farrell article From the National Institute on Aging As AlzheimerΓÇÖs disease progresses, the person with the disease may have hallucinations, delusions, or … Read More→
Alzheimer's Awareness and Support Goes Local in Minnesota By blog As our population ages and no cure or effective treatments for AlzheimerΓÇÖs are in sight, it is apparent we have […]
_ ΓÇ£Alzheimer's-in-a-DishΓÇ¥ Confirms Amyloid Hypothesis By Jane Farrell article An innovative laboratory culture system has succeeded, for the first time, in reproducing the full course of events underlying the … Read More→
A Teenager Steps Up to Help People Living with Alzheimer's By blog Sometimes the mother of invention isnΓÇÖt necessity, itΓÇÖs a 15-year old boy scout. Kenneth Shinozuka wants to become a neuroscientist […]
_ An Update on Alzheimer's Drugs By article EditorΓÇÖs Note: AlzheimerΓÇÖs, a frightening and ultimately fatal disease, is becoming a more crucial issue with every passing year. An … Read More→
_ The Global Alzheimer's Crisis: Are You Ready to Take Action? By article By Nancy Wurtzel IΓÇÖve been surrounded by AlzheimerΓÇÖs disease my whole life. Decades ago, both of my grandmothers had the … Read More→
Five Lessons I Learned From My Years as an Alzheimer's Caregiver By Jane Farrell blog Why is life so much clearer in retrospect? With the passage of time, it is easy to look back, see the big picture and think: ΓÇ£If IΓÇÖd only known then, what I know now.ΓÇ¥ I often hear caregivers voice this sentiment. And, as a long-time AlzheimerΓÇÖs caregiver myself (for my mother, father and other relatives ΓÇö now all deceased), I feel the same way. In the rear view mirror, the decisions and choices that I agonized over at the time now either seem so obvious or so trivial. I wish IΓÇÖd not been so caught up in details that were unimportant.