Caring for an Alzheimer’s patient
July 12th, 2010
A moving story of an 85 year-old man caring for his 75 year-old wife, who is an Alzheimer’s patient.
SECOND OPINION | Alzheimer’s Disease: A Caregiver’s Journey
July 11th, 2010
PBS airdate: Check local listings. www.pbs.org A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease can be devastating for a person and their loved ones. Caregiving issues surrounding a person with a cognitive disease are unique, and planning for decline in health is critical for the caregiver.
Amira’s Alzheimer’s Activities
July 10th, 2010
Heal the wounds of Alzheimer’s with creative activities and techniques. The results will amaze you as you see attitudes improve, fear reduced and damaged relationships restored. Seeing is believing. My book, “Activity Techniques That Heal the Wounds of Alzheimer’s and my 1hr. caregiver training video, “ABC’s of Activities for Alzheimer’s are a great inspiration for both you and the person you’re caring for. For more information about my service and how you can get these mind-saving guides, email aactivities@msn.com or visit my website at www.alzheimeractivitiesservice.com
Neural Stem Cells Reverse Alzheimer’s-Like Symptoms
July 9th, 2010
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have reversed Alzheimers-like symptoms in mouse models of the disease with injections of neural stem cells. The first author, Mathew Blurton-Jones, has a Training grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The lead author, Frank LaFerla, has a SEED grant and an Early Translational grant from CIRM.
Mid-Stage Alzheimer’s (Health Short)
July 8th, 2010
If a loved one has Alzheimer’s disease, it may help to know what to expect as the disease progresses.
Video #1 Alzheimer’s Treatment Before and After Enbrel
July 7th, 2010
Rose has been getting the Perispinal Etanercept (Enbrel) for four weeks now, and has shown miraculous improvement. The “before” videos were all taken in February 2008, and the “after” videos start on March 17, 2008. The last few weeks before her injection, she would hardly say a word all day, just sitting there with a blank expression on her face and then just fall asleep. The “experts” say this doesn’t work; take a look for yourself. My mom is coming back! Please share this with EVERYONE you know, we need to get the word out to get this fast tracked through the FDA so that insurance will cover it! Please let me know your comments and questions here, and Please also join our forum at alzheimers.infopop.cc (Enbrel for Alzheimer’s) To get to Dr. Tobinicks Website: www.nrimed.com Thanks, Felicia McColl (famc17@yahoo.com)
Symptoms of Alzheimers Disease and Dementia – Parietal Lobe Damage
July 5th, 2010
A brief user friendly description of what happens when the Parietal Lobes are affected in dementia. Your comments and suggestions would be appreciated! This is an excerpt from the DementiaEd DVD ‘You’re the Expert: The Relationship Between Brain and Behaviour’ which is available from the Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Stirling at their dementia resource shop www.dementiashop.co.uk (www.dementiashop.co.uk Also available is the DementiaEd DVD ‘Challenging Behaviour in Dementia’ You are free to copy and distribute these videos for non-profitable purposes. All DVDs profits support our carer education activities.
Institute for Support of Abused Children “Alzheimer’s”
July 4th, 2010
Ad for Institute for Support of Abused Children.
The Alzheimer’s Project: How Far We Have Come in Alzheimer’s Research (HBO)
July 3rd, 2010
To learn more about Alzheimer’s or see additional videos go to: www.hbo.com