Findings help elucidate how this investigational compound may help treat Alzheimer’s disease By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room The study described below is early stage Alzheimer’s research and medical science. This looks interesting and promising to me. Please note, this drug is moving to a Phase 2 clinical trial….

“It’s not unusual for people with the disease to turn to activities that used to give them pleasure . . . It reminds them of who they are.” By Max Wallack Alzheimer’s Reading Room There was a beautiful story in the Boston Globe about Naomi Kliman. Naomi was a…

First question, did you ever have a problem with poo that smelled like a mothball? By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room No, this is not a trick question or trick headline. In the comments under the article, Dotty Pood , our reader Mimosa22 mentioned that she had this problem…

“Don’t make me feel bad for not being the old me or remind me of what I used to be able to do. Just give me the space to be me” By Monica Heltemes Mary, a 70 year old woman, a former schoolteacher, church choir member, knitter, and mother…

From time to time, I have to check the poo. I mean what if there is some blood in the poo? By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room Before I assumed my role as an Alzheimer’s caregiver, I never realized how big a problem taking a poo could be. For…

What if all of a sudden I am gone? What if somethings happens to me and I can’t take action? What is going to happen to Dotty? By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room For 11 years, Linda Wojciechowski’s father lived with dementia. He lived at home with his wife….

I read Still Alice last night.

Key words, Helping Each Other, and Spending Time with Patients Alzheimer’s Reading Room Imagine this, a nurse chooses a job that pays less money because the job is more satisfying. During my working career I learned that a good. positive working environment increases worker productivity and worker satisfaction. I…

Patient dies, Dementia Shop, Nestle’ Donates, Dementia patient stabbed, Lost and Found, AD patient robbed, AD patients wanders 16 miles, Dementia Home flunks the test, Super volunteer, Lucidity, Money, Cognitive decline Alzheimer’s Reading Room Alzheimer’s patient dies in clash with roommate at nursing home http://bit.ly/oFD7i6 Dementia shop and advice…

There are three major patterns of cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room One of the things that makes Alzheimer’s different is that is impossible to know at what rate any given patient will experience cognitive decline. This state of “unknowing” is disconcerting to Alzheimer’s…