By Dorothy DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room Dotty, 95 years old Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2004 Dotty says, Persons living with Alzheimer’s don’t want your pity, they want your help, understanding, and love. I’m Not Dead Yet You Dipshit. Feel free to comment on the Alzheimer’s Association advertisement above in…

What do Rudy Tanzi, Joe Perry and Jay Leno Have in Common? By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room Can we get an autograph? Wowie Zowie. Rudy Tanzi will be performing with Joe Perry on the The Tonight Show with Jan Leno tomorrow night, Monday, January 30 . If you…

I read about Alzheimer’s caregivers all the time that complain they are lonely or don’t have anyone to talk too. There is a simple solution to this problem. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room I am sitting here wondering if there are any support groups out there built around…

There is a continuum of Alzheimer’s caregiving that runs from Burden to Joy. By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room You are what you think. How you think and the thoughts you think determine how you feel, perceive the world, and act. Can how you think effect your Alzheimer’s caregiving…

‘I will never get her off my mind’ Alzheimer’s Reading Room I read about Hans and Gloria Gosch on the Reading Eagle in a wonderful, heart warming story written by Mike Urbin. There were many sentences and quotes in this story that just stuck out and resonated to me….

By 2015 to 2020, somewhere in there, there’s a tipping point where our healthcare system will collapse under Alzheimer’s alone. There is no tipping point right now for saying we have a drug that will prevent this disease. Alzheimer’s Reading Room Rudy Tanzi ” The first drugs that we…

If you hired someone to care for a person living with dementia you would probably need to give them some instruction or maybe even training. To turn your parrot into an effective Alzheimer’s caregiver you might need to work with him (or her) for a while. By Bob DeMarco…

Under the previous guidelines, a postmortem pathology assessment was typically conducted in the brains of people diagnosed with clinical symptoms of dementia, and then only to determine whether Alzheimer’s pathology was an underlying cause of the dementia. Alzheimer’s Reading… The Alzheimer’s Reading Room is the number one source of life…

Dotty is 95 years old and has Alzheimer’s disease, Harvey is our Alzheimer’s caregiver assistant. Alzheimer’s Reading Room Harvey is very good at getting information out of Dotty. For example, she might tell him she has a “splitting headache”. Most Alzheimer’s patients are not… The Alzheimer’s Reading Room is the…

We are looking at 25 percent or more of the population aged 70 or older who have dementia or are at risk of developing dementia in the near future. Alzheimer’s Reading… The Alzheimer’s Reading Room is the number one source of life news for the entire Alzheimer’s community. Our goal…