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 | Reviews: A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE |
Beautiful Documentary
on Alzheimer’s Disease
"There Is A Bridge"
A documentary film with a radically different perspective on Alzheimer’s disease – one of hope, the hope that in the midst of all that is lost with Dementia, much awaits to be found.
The DVD jacket for 'There Is A Bridge' reads, "Alzheimer's disease is not the end. Sometimes it can be a beginning”…
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Posted by Jane on Thursday, August 27 @ 08:00:00 EDT (172 reads)
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| Reviews: TRYING TO MAINTAIN QUALITY OF LIFE |
Early Detection Of Alzheimer’s
Lets You Plan Ahead
This article is part of an educational series produced by the Alzheimer Society of B.C.
Earlier parts of this series have looked at the causes and symptoms of dementia. This article looks at the importance of early diagnosis and critical planning steps that will help a person with dementia and his or her family maintain quality of life. In this installment, Betty Sinclair of the Alzheimer Society of B.C. (ASBC) discusses the importance of recognizing the person instead of the disease with Dr. Kiran Rabheru (KR)...
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Posted by Jane on Friday, May 29 @ 05:00:00 EDT (196 reads)
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| Reviews: IRONY AND HUMOR OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE |
Emotional Roller Coaster 
by Karen Favo Walsh
As Alzheimer's disease (AD) progresses, the person with AD may lose their ability to understand why they feel a certain way. Additionally, when short-term memory loss becomes immediate, the patient won't recall what triggered the anger, fear, or sadness they feel. The patient becomes more confused because he doesn't know why he is upset, and worse, he may not know how to express what he feels…
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Posted by Jane on Friday, May 08 @ 05:00:00 EDT (176 reads)
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| Reviews: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER |
'Still Alice'
Explores Love And Loss Of Alzheimer’s
By Charity Vogel
For Lisa Genova, Alzheimer’s hit home intimately. Right at the dinner table. That’s where her beloved grandmother, Angie, was sitting, one evening in 2002, when the memory-stealing disease abruptly took her life…
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Posted by Jane on Friday, May 01 @ 05:00:00 EDT (201 reads)
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| Reviews: AGATHA, ALZHEIMER'S? |
An Agatha Christie Mystery -- Alzheimer's?
Canadian researchers have found signs of Alzheimer's disease in later works of Agatha Christie, one of the most prolific and popular British mystery writers…
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Posted by Jane on Monday, April 13 @ 05:00:00 EDT (126 reads)
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| Reviews: TALK SHOW ON SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS |
Surviving The Holidays
Talk show by Denise Brown
Denise hosts weekly talk shows on caregiving. This week’s show is about Surviving the Holdiays with a loved one who has Alzheimer’s…
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Posted by Jane on Tuesday, December 23 @ 04:00:00 EST (122 reads)
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| Reviews: TO WHOM I MAY CONCERN |
What Does Alzheimer's Feel Like?
By Peter D. Kramer
When Maureen Matthews was working on her doctoral dissertation at New York University, she interviewed dozens of people in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease…
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Posted by Jane on Saturday, December 13 @ 04:00:00 EST (197 reads)
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| Reviews: NAVIGATING UNCHARTED WATERS |
New Book Release:
What The Heck Do We Do Now?
Families Facing Alzheimer's
Carefree Senior Living Press, based in Santa Barbara, announces the release of its first book by local author and Alzheimer's care professional John G. Bloomer. The book, notably titled "What The Heck Do We Do Now? Families Facing Alzheimer's," offers practical advice to navigating some of the uncharted waters of Alzheimer's and Dementia Care. It touchingly looks at "real" situations families face when the diagnosis of Alzheimer's impacts their lives. Unlike almost any book on the market today, it also offers advice and information about licensed residential facilities specializing in the care of these gentle souls…
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Posted by Jane on Friday, October 31 @ 05:00:00 EDT (711 reads)
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| Reviews: TIPS ON LONG DISTANCE CAREGIVING |
How to Deal with Long-Distance Issues
You get the call at work from your husband. Your mother-in-law has fallen at home, broken her hip, and is on her way to surgery. You just returned from visiting her last weekend after an eight-hour ride. You weren't planning to go back for a few months. You are trying to figure out what to do about work demands and your children's schedules. Your husband is feeling frustrated and guilty. He tried to convince his mother to move to an assisted living facility a few months ago, but she wouldn't agree. Now he is overwhelmed thinking about how to arrange for help once his mother is out of the hospital.
In today's world it's common for family members to live in different cities and states. Sometimes the parents move away from the place where they raised their family, perhaps to retire to a warmer or more appealing environment. Often it is the children who scatter geographically. So, many adult children must help from a distance when their older parents and other relatives need assistance. The task can be difficult, stressful, and time consuming.
This article is designed to help. It suggests issues for family members to consider when thinking about how to get needed support…
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Posted by Jane on Saturday, July 26 @ 01:00:00 EDT (165 reads)
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| Reviews: SILVER ALERT IS NECESSARY |
Alzheimer's Association Statement on Silver Alert
There are an estimated 5.2 million Americans living with Alzheimer's disease, and this number is expected to grow to as many as 16 million by 2050. Today, six out of 10 people with Alzheimer's disease will wander from their homes or caregiving facilities. If not found within a 24-hour period, up to half will suffer serious injury or death. Even in one's own neighborhood or a place that is familiar, the person living with Alzheimer's may become disoriented and lost…
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Posted by Jane on Thursday, July 17 @ 01:00:00 EDT (168 reads)
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| Reviews: TAKING CONTROL AFTER ALZHEIMER'S DIAGNOSIS |
Early Diagnosis Lets Patients Look Alzheimer's Square In The Face
BY ANGELA STEWART-Star-Ledger Staff
Florence Oppenheimer mentioned to her doctor during a routine checkup that she was having difficulty remembering things.
"I was very annoyed," said the 72-year-old Lakewood resident. "I would pick up something and read it and have no memory of what I read..."
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Posted by Jane on Sunday, July 13 @ 01:00:00 EDT (161 reads)
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| Reviews: The New Old Age |
Coming Home for Herbie
By Jane Gross
N.Y. Times
In 2004, filmmaker Julie Winokur and photojournalist Ed Kashi uprooted their two children and their business from San Francisco and moved to Montclair, N.J., in order to care for Ms. Winokur’s father, Herbie Winokur, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease…
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Posted by Jane on Saturday, July 05 @ 01:00:00 EDT (135 reads)
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| Reviews: A LOVING TRIBUTE |
Always By My Side
By Jim Nantz
For the past two decades, Jim Nantz has been living his dream as a leading announcer for CBS Sports.
But for all his success, his father's battle with Alzheimer's disease has been his greatest challenge.
Nantz writes about it in his new book, "Always By My Side: A Father's Grace and a Sports Journey Unlike Any Other…”
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Posted by Jane on Monday, May 12 @ 00:00:00 EDT (129 reads)
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| Reviews: A MUST READ-SIMPLY INCREDIBLE |
The Forgetting
Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic
By David Shenk
 Alzheimer's disease is a demographic time bomb. Since 1975, the number of Americans afflicted has risen from five hundred thousand to five million; over the next fifty years, an estimated eighty to one hundred million more people worldwide will succumb to it. But it is the story behind these numbers that makes The Forgetting such a landmark work. A magnificent synthesis of history, science, politics, psychology, and profound human drama, the book explores the nature of a disease that attacks not merely memory but the very core of our human identity.Delving into such diverse areas as art history, literature, genetics, and neurobiology, David Shenk shows that Alzheimer's particular terror, the gradual eradication of memory and of mind is as old as humankind itself. He convincingly posits that such historical figures as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jonathan Swift and Frederick Law Olmstead were caught in the disease's insidious grip. Moving portraits of contemporary patients, their families, and their caregivers drive home the sad pattern of regression Alzheimer's exacts, a pathology that eerily mirrors child development in reverse. Yet Shenk offers a well of empathy and understanding for families striving to better understand and come to terms with their loss.
With equal mastery Shenk charts the complicated race to find a cure. As scientists pursue a treatment worth billions of dollars, the brutal competition among them poses a serious threat to the traditional ethic of sharing vital research. But there are heartening signs of progress, and for the first time there is excitement among scientists that a cure may indeed be possible.
Shenk eloquently calls Alzheimer's "death by a thousand subtractions." The Forgetting is at once a powerful examination of what this means and a forthright discussion of the impact this epidemic will have on the life of every reader...
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Posted by Jane on Saturday, May 10 @ 01:00:00 EDT (175 reads)
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| Reviews: INTERACTIVE TWO LAP BOOK |
The Sunshine on My Face
By Lydia Burdick, M.A.
For many years it was impossible to find a book to read to a person with advanced Alzheimer’s disease that was not a children’s book. That is until Lydia Burdick decided she needed to write a book for her mother who had advanced Alzheimer’s disease…
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Posted by Jane on Tuesday, April 01 @ 05:00:00 EDT (210 reads)
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| Reviews: EMBRACING SLOW MEDICINE |
My Mother, Your Mother
By Dennis McCullough, M.D.
What's the right thing to do for mom or dad as they get older?...
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Posted by Jane on Friday, February 29 @ 16:23:59 EST (189 reads)
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| Reviews: A DEFINITIVE LOOK AT ALZHEIMER'S |
Courage To Care
A Caregiver’s Guide Through Each Stage of Alzheimer’s
By Joanne Parrent
This is a fantastic book to help others cope with Alzheimer’s disease. This is a very comprehensive look at Alzheimer’s disease. The book begins with “What Is Alzheimer’s?” and ends with “The Future: Is There Hope?”…
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Posted by Jane on Friday, February 22 @ 15:55:25 EST (182 reads)
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| Reviews: THE MEANING OF REAL LOVE |
AWAY FROM HER
Don’t miss the Oscars on February 24!
"Away From Her", a movie about a woman slipping away to Alzheimer’s, has garnered two Oscar nominations. Actress Sarah Polley is up for Best Adapted Screenplay based on "The Bear Came Over the Mountain." Julie Christie is nominated for Best Actress for her leading role as Fiona.
Read what the Boston Globe had to say…
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Posted by Jane on Tuesday, February 19 @ 11:26:47 EST (192 reads)
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| Reviews: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING |
BOOK REVIEW
The 36-Hour Day (4th Edition)
By Nancy Mace and Peter Rabins
This is a must read book for families caring for people with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and memory loss. It is a concise guide offering practical and compassionate guidance that is invaluable to caregivers...
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Posted by Jane on Thursday, February 14 @ 11:37:32 EST (172 reads)
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