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Happy birthday Alois Alzheimer! it's been 110 years since Dementia was discovered
Daily Pakistan Today marks the birthday of German Neurologist and psychiatrist Alois Alzhemiers, who wrote his name in the history of Neurology after discovering that the reason for memory loss was a misfiring hippocampus (a part of brain that stores and retrieves … |
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Living and laughing with Alzheimer’s and dementia – ABC Online
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Living and laughing with Alzheimer's and dementia
ABC Online Every day for six years, Michelle Wyatt's father sat devotedly by his wife's side in the dementia ward. Wyatt tells the intimate story of how she and her family coped with their mother's disease with love, compassion, and lots of laughs. Mum would say … |
Lawmakers Call For Improvements To Alzheimer’s And Dementia Care, Education In Wisconsin – Wisconsin Public Radio News
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Lawmakers Call For Improvements To Alzheimer's And Dementia Care, Education In Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio News A panel of lawmakers and advocates say the state needs to do more to address Alzheimer's and dementia care in Wisconsin. A legislative task force released a report on Tuesday outlining recommendations to improve community resources, research and … The Speaker's Task Force on Alzheimer's and Dementia released its findings and recommendations in a report on … Task force recommends improvements to dementia care Wisconsin task force makes recommendations for care of Alzheimer's patients |
This VR Startup Lets People in Elder Care Still Get a Taste of the Outside World – BostInno
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This VR Startup Lets People in Elder Care Still Get a Taste of the Outside World
BostInno This way, they can relive their fond memories, which can be particularly helpful for people with dementia or Alzheimer's. All interactions residents have with Rendever's VR technology can be controlled through an iPad or tablet. That allows family … |
The Speaker’s Task Force on Alzheimer’s and Dementia released its findings and recommendations in a report on … – Madison.com
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The Speaker's Task Force on Alzheimer's and Dementia released its findings and recommendations in a report on …
Madison.com Of those 10 bills, three became law: the creation of a pilot program for a dementia crisis unit, a $1 million funding increase for the state's Alzheimer's Family and Caregiver Support Program and the creation of a grant program to train mobile crisis … Wisconsin task force makes recommendations for care of Alzheimer's patients Task force recommends improvements to dementia care Task force touts memory-related bills |
New Alzheimers Australia website helps children close to someone with dementia – The Sydney Morning Herald
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New Alzheimers Australia website helps children close to someone with dementia
The Sydney Morning Herald Izzy, 12, sees her grandma every Saturday. She gets Joy, 77, a cup of tea and an Anzac biscuit while her grandma talks about her childhood in Edinburgh. Sometimes Joy breaks into song. Sometimes she questions her granddaughter: "Who are you?". |
Representatives present dementia, Alzheimer’s task force report – WEAU
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Representatives present dementia, Alzheimer's task force report
WEAU (WEAU) — Local representatives gathered Monday in Eau Claire to present a report on the speaker's task force on Alzheimer's and dementia. Republicans representatives Kathy Bernier and Mike Rohrkaske presented the report to Mayo Health System … |
Dangerous mix of medication leads to faulty Alzheimer’s diagnosis – CBC.ca
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Dangerous mix of medication leads to faulty Alzheimer's diagnosis
CBC.ca Wrong mix of medications causes dementia. Larry Chambers, a scientific adviser with the Alzheimer Society of Canada, isn't surprised to hear what happened to Wallwork. Chambers says up to 20 per cent of dementias could be due to a bad mix of … |
Drug freezes dementia in its tracks: ‘Breakthrough’ discovery can stop memory loss – Express.co.uk
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Drug freezes dementia in its tracks: 'Breakthrough' discovery can stop memory loss
Express.co.uk Until now the death of brain cells in Alzheimer's, the most common cause of dementia, has been unstoppable. Current drugs can only help by stimulating dying brain cells to function more efficiently. The new drug, being tried on more than 5,000 patients … |
Voluntary euthanasia: assisted dying ‘Catch-22’ for dementia sufferers – The Age
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Voluntary euthanasia: assisted dying 'Catch-22' for dementia sufferers
The Age Dementia sufferers – including those with Alzheimer's disease – will not benefit from legal assisted dying in Victoria, according to a leading end-of-life care expert. Associate professor Bill Silvester, the immediate past president of the … |