Alzheimer's Expert Voices Today

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May 26

Excellent HBO Alzheimer's Special!

by Jacqueline Marcell @ 2:37 pm. Filed under Alzheimer's, caregiver, caregiving, dementia, elder care

If you didn't see it or you don't get HBO, you must see these four excellent programs available online free-of-charge. I recommend "Momentum in Science" first, as it is so encouraging to see the latest research: http://www.hbo.com/events/alzheimers. The other three are helpful with managing loved ones with dementia, however, they missed a great technique when a person doesn't recognize a loved one or themself in a mirror. The trick is simply to ask their age. When they say something like "35" instead of "85", you understand why they don't recognize people how they look now. More…

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May 26

Excellent HBO Alzheimer's Special!

by Jacqueline Marcell @ 2:37 pm. Filed under Alzheimer's, caregiver, caregiving, dementia, elder care

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January 5

In Japan, they are eliminating “dementia”

by Peter Whitehouse @ 6:11 pm. Filed under brain-aging, dementia, multi-cultural

Japan is a country full of welcoming people, deep spirit, advanced technology, and many older people and relatively few children. For twenty years I have visited regularly to seek “Eastern” perspectives on aging. More…

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October 14

Traveling with a Demented Elder

by Jacqueline Marcell @ 6:49 pm. Filed under Alzheimer's, dementia, travel

Welcome back all my caregivers! Recently I was so dismayed to see a sweet little elderly lady (obviously suffering from dementia) and her devoted adult daughter, being delayed and searched at an airport checkpoint. The daughter was a bit heavy and apparently her underwire bra kept setting off the alarm, which finally embarrassed her to tears. The mom, seeing her daughter getting so upset, got so frightened and confused that soon she was in a frenzied panic. More…

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September 22