Alzheimer's Care

neuroplasticity New York, NY (PRWEB) March 24, 2005 With an estimated 5 million Americans suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, and only half of who have been diagnosed, many individuals, family members, and caregivers may find themselves wondering “is it old age or dementia?” As our loved ones grow old they may behave differently, experience memory loss, and depression. How do we know if it’s the normal aging process or Alzheimer’s disease? More importantly, what can be done to ensure the...Read Full Story

Meridian, ID (PRWEB) March 6, 2011 Every 70 seconds, someone will develop Alzheimers disease. This year about 26,000 Idaho friends and neighbors will be living with the disease. Alzheimers is a disease that impacts the brain. It affects memory, thinking and behavior. The onset is slow, but as time goes on, the disease interferes with daily tasks and causes you loved one to act in ways that may be difficult for friends and family to experience. Home Instead Senior Care in Boise has...Read Full Story

What If It’s Not Alzheimer’s: A Caregiver’s Guide to Dementia Although the public most often associates dementia with Alzheimer’s disease, the medical profession now distinguishes various types of ‘other’ dementias. This book is the first comprehensive guide dealing with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), one of the largest groups of non-Alzheimer’s dementias. Designed as both a resource and a reference guide, this useful and up-to-date handbook contains twenty-five chapters full of practical...Read Full Story

Scientists have discovered a gene variation that appears to predict the rate at which Alzheimer's disease will progress..... Alzheimer's Reading Room Senior investigator Alison M Goate said: "People who carry this genetic marker tend to have higher tau levels at any given stage of the disease than individuals without it. "Until now, most studies of genetic risks associated with Alzheimer's disease have looked at the risk of developing the disease, not the speed at which you will...Read Full Story

Alzheimer's Reading Room The Alzheimer's Association recognized four scientists for their extraordinary achievements in advancing Alzheimer research at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease 2010 (AAICAD 2010) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Honorees for their professional and scientific contributions to Alzheimer research are: Takeshi Iwatsubo, MD, Department of Neuropathology, Graduate School of Medicine at the University of Tokyo. Karen H. Ashe, MD...Read Full Story