I am a citizen journalist, writer, investor and caregiver.
I am currently the sole caregiver for my mother; she suffers from Alzheimer's disease.
Prior to moving to Delray Beach, Florida to take care of my mother I was CEO of a software development and marketing company based in Reston, Va.
For twenty years before that I worked in Wall Street firms, venture capital and as a private investor. The companies included: Bear Stearns, Daiwa Securities America, Spencer Trask, and Salem Partners.
Ivory Jackson had Alzheimer's, but that wasn't what killed him. At 77, he was smashed in the face with a clock radio as he lay in his nursing home bed.
Numbers obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and prepared exclusively for the AP by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show nearly 125,000 young and middle-aged adults with serious mental illness lived in U.S. nursing homes last year.
Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
Editor
Reading this information gave me a bit... Read Full Story
The insurance company wants proof from the doctor each time I call in the prescription...
Our reader Lisa described this problem in the comments section under the article -- The Combination of Aricept and Namenda Helps Slow the Rate of Decline in Alzheimer's Patients:
My father is taking Namenda twice a day and aricept at night. However, his insurance company balks each time I try to get the Aricept refilled. First of all, I can only get 20 days worth at a time filled...then the insurance ... Read Full Story
The Redneck Rocker (a/k/a Justin Blythe), who called out Terrelle Pryor in a profanity-laced tirade last month, is back with a preview of Ohio State at Penn State.(Girls, is the Rocker's tongue-ring lisp attractive?)Subscribe to Penn State Clips via Email Kindle: Amazon's 6" Wireless Reading Device Read Full Story
The superb site CFB Stats offers some fascinating insights into tomorrow's showdown...Subscribe to Penn State Clips via EmailEvan Royster, First Down Rushing: 77 carries, 515 yards, 6.7 yards per attemptOhio State, First Down Rushing Defense: 146 attempts, 410 yards, 2.8 yards per attemptBrandon Saine, First Down Rushing: 58 carries, 330 yards, 5.7 yards per attemptPenn State, First Down Rushing Defense: 122 attempts, 377 yards, 3.1 yards per attemptWe don't really expect either team to succe... Read Full Story
Running back Marcus Lattimore from Duncan (S.C.) Byrnes, the No. 10 prospect on the ESPNU 150, will be in State College. Lattimore has already made an official visit to Florida State. He is scheduled to visit Auburn the weekend of Oct. 31 before heading to Penn State the following weekend.Lattimore says he will also visit Oregon sometime in January, and then select his fifth visit from the trio of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.The 6-foot and 215-pound Lattimore rushed for 2,320 ... Read Full Story
The U-6 (Table A-12: Alternative measures of labor under utilization) measures the real rate of unemployment in the United States.
Most news organizations report the more popular U.S. Department of Labor: Civilian Unemployment Rate. If you read the report today you learned that unemployment is 10.2 percent for September.
If you read Table 12 in the Bureau of Labor Statistics report you learned the real unemployment rate is 17.5 percent, not 10.2 percent.You would also have noticed the real ... Read Full Story
Ohio State senior Jim Cordle explains how playing at Penn State is unlike any other experience in the Big Ten.Here's hoping the Buckeyes get it in the can on Saturday...Subscribe to Penn State Clips via Email Kindle: Amazon's 6" Wireless Reading Device Read Full Story
Over 2,400 fans packed Rec Hall to get a first look at the start of a new era in Penn State Wrestling as the team held an intrasquad dual meet...Subscribe to Penn State Clips via EmailResults with national rankings...174: Justin Ortega dec. David Erwin, 6-2184: Ed Ruth maj. dec. J.R. Brown, 10-1Exhibition 184: Quentin Wright dec. David Crowell, 8-2197: Luke Macchiaroli dec. Clay Steadman, 5-3285: #20 Cameron Wade tech. fall Brendan Herlihy, 15-0 (7:00)125: #8 Brad Pataky tech. fall Tom Reynol... Read Full Story
