A college student from Goddard College researching her Senior thesis asked Carole Larkin the following questions. After each question Carole’s answers. These are routine questions asked by person’s new to dealing with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. By Carole Larkin

This video tells five stories of children, ages 6-15, who are coping with grandfathers or grandmothers suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s Reading Room Maria Shriver This film tells five stories of children, ages 6-15, who are coping with grandfathers or grandmothers suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Maria Shriver provides commentary…

I hope you will take the time to participate in this discussion. Please feel free to add your own insight and advice, or experience. Alzheimer’s Reading Room Lauren Turner asked, I had a heartbreaking discussion with one of my caregivers who is concerned with how to explain to her…

“Too much Abeta in the brain acts like a plugged-up kitchen sink,” explains Rudy Tanzi, Ph.D., chairman of Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Research Consortium. Alzheimer’s Reading Room For the last 27 years, Abeta, a fatty protein that is created in the brain, has been identified as the leading cause of…

In Alzheimer’s World, Dotty is the person I always knew. Sure, her brain is sick. But, once I started treating Dotty like the person I always knew, she rewarded me by becoming kinder, gentler, and more cooperative. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room Learning How to Communicate with Someone…

The Center for Memory C.A.R.E. (Clinical Assessment, Research and Education), at the USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute , is designed to support patients and their caregivers while providing convenient access to the latest research, technology and care. Alzheimer’s Reading Room Carole Larkin digs the simulated driving experience. Imagine an…

This morning I was thinking about two different friends of mine, both facing losing their moms to cancer.

Joanne puts Dotty in the WayBac machine and away they go. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room Joanne and Dotty The holiday season often brings with it a certain sense of “angst” on the part of Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers. This is understandable. Caregivers constantly worry that certain stimuli…

…a family member in his own right … who helps make the Alzheimer’s journey less of a lonely one. By Mary Gazetas Alzheimer’s Reading Room Hugo It’s no secret that being a caregiver can at times be a lonesome journey. What helps me is I have a somebody who…

Whatever the details, we need to take immediate action. No elderly man should become more ill in a hospital because no one has time to help him with the water jug. Alzheimer’s Reading Room Andrea Gillies The inadequacy of human feeling evident in hospital culture is in the news…