Tag: alzheimer’s
Obama to seek more Alzheimer’s research money
by on Feb.07, 2012, under Health and Fitness
The Obama administration wants to spend just over half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year, hoping to battle back against what could become the defining disease of the aging baby-boom generation.
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Health Tip: Dealing With Alzheimer’s
by on Dec.30, 2011, under Health and Fitness
(HealthDay News) — Getting a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease doesn't mean life as you know it is ending. People with Alzheimer's can lead a purposeful and productive life if they take steps to care for their physical and mental healt…
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Families urge action as US drafts Alzheimer’s plan
by on Sep.13, 2011, under Health and Fitness
As her mother’s Alzheimer’s worsened over eight long years, so did Doreen Alfaro’s bills: The walker, then the wheelchair, then the hospital bed, then the diapers — and the caregivers hired for more and more hours a day so Alfaro could go to…
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Study: Healthy living can help prevent Alzheimer’s
by on Jul.19, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Taking care of your body just might save your mind. Millions of cases of Alzheimer’s disease worldwide could be prevented by curbing risk factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, obesity and lack of exercise, new research suggests.
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Middle-age smoking doubles Alzheimers risk: study
by on Oct.26, 2010, under Health and Fitness
People who smoke heavily in middle age could more than double their risk for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia 20 years later, according to research by Finnish experts published in a US journal.
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Alzheimer’s brain tangles offer clue to worsening
by on Sep.21, 2010, under Health and Fitness
That sticky gunk coating Alzheimer’s patients’ brains gets all the notoriety, but another culprit is gaining renewed attention: Protein tangles that clog brain cells and just might determine how fast patients go downhill.
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Alzheimer’s advances show need for better drugs
by on Jul.12, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Scientists are reporting advances in detecting and predicting Alzheimer’s disease at a conference in Honolulu this week, plus more proof that getting enough exercise and vitamin D may lower your risk.
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Coping With Alzheimer’s Disease In A Loved One
by on Mar.14, 2010, under Uncategorized
Coping with Alzheimer’s disease in a loved one is a taxing thing to try to to, however it must be challenged with as abundant braveness and strength as you are ready to gather. My very own grandmother has the disease, and it has been a most worrying thing to determine the lively, determined and exact lady that I knew in my childhood fade away into a anxious, scared one that can seldom keep in mind who I am.
There is a nice deal of advice out there on Alzheimer’s treatments that are out there and research being carried out into the condition, but there’s not all that much advice on what to try and do when you wish to house a family member who has been struck with the affliction.
Alzheimer’s disease is an awful, awful affliction that robs families of a lot of loved personalities and individuals of their dignity once it has genuinely taken hold. This is terribly arduous indeed to accommodate for the families off these sufferers, however the most issue to remember is that no matter how upsetting it’s for you yourself, it’s a big deal more distressing for the Alzheimer’s disease sufferer themselves.
Your own feelings ought to come second, to be frank. The matter of the highest importance is that you care for your beloved and help them live with Alzheimer’s disease in as positive a manner as possible.
My grandmother has found that making lists of tasks, guests, phone calls and thus on helps a nice deal. She carries a piece of paper and a pencil around with her at all times, and is reminded to keep these things with her if ever she is while not them. This enables her to note down things that she has done, people she has spoken to and things that she wants to try to to during the day. It does go some way to helping her keep some level of independence while handling the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
There’s no cure for the condition yet but research into the origins of Alzheimer’s disease and ways to combat it are continuing all the time. When managing a loved one who has Alzheimer’s, you must perpetually place their safety, wellbeing and quality of life 1st above everything else. Visit regularly.
Talk to them, and be patient after they are not able to recollect straightforward facts like names and occupations. Alzheimer’s disease may rob your family of a much cherished person, but you are able to combat it in your own way by not letting it win. Care for your loved one, be there for them no matter what. Now that’s an Alzheimer’s Disease treatment that money cannot buy.
