“He looks at me and asks who I am. When I mention my name his face lights up and he says ‘of course it is!’ It may be brief but it is so uplifting.
Read more: When Your Parent Doesn’t Recognize You Anymore…
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With the number of veterans needing long-term care in dementia units rising, it’s often a race between staff understanding the disease and the sheer amount of persons needing that understanding.
Amie Domey understands all too well. In her four years as a certified therapeutic-recreation specialist at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA, she’s noticed patterns in the behavior of the patients—patterns that are often misinterpreted. “Some might categorize wandering, aggression, agitation and hoarding as negative behaviors, but they are normal for those with dementia . . . staff need to understand what dementia is and how to deal with patients who have it, so that we can give our veterans the best care possible for the time they are living with us.”
Read more: Medical Center Focuses on Abilities, Not Deficits, of Persons With Dementia…
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A new test designed to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The test, which measures a protein in the brain that is indicative of the disease, could allow for earlier diagnosis, an important factor in Alzheimer’s treatment and research.
Read more: Can a Scan Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease?…
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At 44, nurse Doreen Watson-Beard had no idea that her increasing forgetfulness was a sign of something more serious.
“I thought if I ignored it long enough, it would go away,” she said in an article titled “Dementia’s Younger Victims.”
Read more: When Dementia Strikes Young…
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The American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination (AANAC), a nonprofit association that supports long-term care professionals who provide quality care for nursing home residents, recently published Kim Warchol’s “Facilitate Successful Outcomes by Addressing Undetected or Unmanaged Dementia, Delirium, and Depression.”
Read more: AANAC Publishes Article by Dementia Care Specialists President…
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“Until we are face to face with the mortality of another, we don’t give much thought to our own.”
Photographer Isa Leshko spent a year helping care for her mother, who has Alzheimer’s. She chose not to photograph her family during that time. Instead, her emotions came out in a series of photographs about a different subject: Elderly animals.
Read more: Unique Project Captures the Bittersweetness of Aging…
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Certain biomarkers present in fluid surrounding the spinal cord and brain may predict the onset of Alzheimer’s disease among those who already have mild cognitive impairment 90 percent of the time, according to a recent study.
Read more: Spinal Fluid May Predict Alzheimer’s Disease…
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