Lawsuit

What is your opinion on this? Please respond, I think this is an interesting topic for discussion.

Glen Campbell, country recording artist, is being sued over a documentary he made about his struggles with Alzheimer’s. There is footage used of other patients who signed papers to allow this process to continue. The issue at hand is if these papers give him the right to have footage of them, given their condition. Do you think someone with Alzheimer’s can still make decisions such this on their own legally?

Glen Campbell Sued Over Film Documenting His Alzheimer’s Fight

Emotional Memory

Despite losing their tangible memories, a study suggests that patients with Alzheimer’s still maintain their emotional attachments to things.

http://www.philly.com/philly/health/mental-health/HealthDay692143_20140929_Emotional_Life_Lingers_for_Alzheimer_s_Patients__Even_as_Memory_Fades.html

Eight Wonderful Ways to Heighten Your Caregiving Experience

Dementia Journey by Deborah Shouse

Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.                                                                      — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

How do we appreciate our lives as a care partner when we’re worn, torn and forlorn? How do we feel our creative spark when we don’t have time or energy for our usual forms of renewal?

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing some leading creative caregivers for an article on Conscious Caregiving for Natural Awakenings. Click here to read this article.

I’ve also found inspiration on the blog Zenhabits.net, where Leo Babauta offers great ideas for making the most of life. Leo generously shares his wisdom with anyone who wants to learn from and with him. Here are two…

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Scientists identify the signature of aging in the brain via the blood-brain-barrier.

Healthinnovations- Latest Innovative Health & Medical News

A new study from Weizmann Institute researchers has found evidence of a unique signature that may be the missing link between cognitive decline and aging. The scientists believe that this discovery will lead to future treatments that can slow or reverse cognitive decline in older people.

Until a decade ago, scientific dogma held that the blood-brain barrier prevents the blood-borne immune cells from attacking and destroying brain tissue. Yet in a long series of studies, the group showed that the immune system actually plays an important role both in healing the brain after injury and in maintaining the brain’s normal functioning. They found that this ‘brain-immune’ interaction occurs across a barrier that is actually a unique interface within the brain’s territory.

This interface, known as the choroid plexus, is found in each of the brain’s four ventricles, and it separates the blood from the cerebrospinal fluid.  The choroid plexus acts…

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Why I Walk – Mary Ann Johnson

Alzheimer's Association Greater Richmond Chapter

My name is Mary Ann Johnson and I Walk for my mother and my grandchildren. My mother turned 100 years old on August 10th of this year and has been dealing with the cognitive issues of probable Alzheimer’s for over 15 years.

She is still her sweet self and her social skills make her a love to everyone who meets her. She was a teacher and one of her first grade students actually came to her 100th birthday party!

My mother never wanted this disease and fought hard to not let us know what she was dealing with.

I Walk so that others are aware they are not alone. I Walk to let others know there are services in their community to help.

I Walk so we can accelerate research and find a cure so that my mother’s grandchildren and great grandchildren
will never have to experience the burden and…

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What is Alzheimer’s?

The Long and Winding Road...

A 3-minute video that explains Alzheimer’s in layman’s terms. Simple, yet compelling.

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Mad as Hell: Creating a Movement

The Long and Winding Road...

PLEASE contact your representatives… please. If you aren’t sure who or how, click here to find your House representative and here to find your Senate representatives.

We MUST let Washington know that we’re mad as hell and need their support NOW.

When I was in DC at the WomenAgainstAlzheimer’s Out of the Shadows Summit earlier in the month, we heard research leaders Reisa Sperling (Brigham and Women’s, Harvard), Kate Zhong (Cleveland Clinic), and others, talking about the great work being done in labs across the country. Hope is there, we just need funding to match that of the other leading causes of death: cancer, heart disease, and HIV/AIDS.

Don’t think your voice doesn’t count. You + your neighbor + his brother + his co-worker + her neighbor + on and on and on. It’s time to make this a movement, just like the movement to cure cancer and HIV/AIDS. Time…

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Dawna Friesen: Dementia and living in the present

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World Alzheimer’s Month

Dr. Edward Shaw shares his experience as a caregiver to his wife who suffers from Alzheimer’s. Time Warner Cable reports on his story and how the Alzheimer’s Association is using World Alzheimer’s month to spread the word.

http://buffalo.twcnews.com/content/news/772970/organization-recognizes-world-alzheimer-s-month/

Memory Cafe

Patients suffering with Alzheimer’s are finding comfort through socializing with one another. The common ground of undergoing the same experience brings people closer together and allows them to escape the everyday life through activities such as singing and dancing.

http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/local/2014/09/28/alzheimers-patients-socialize-morris-plains-memory-caf/16258663/