19 Wednesday Jun 2013
Posted in Alzheimers.net, Blogging, Grieving, Helpful Resources, Life After Caregiving, Mom, Saying Goodbye
This past weekend marked six months since the day of my mom’s passing; a time of reflection… My latest post on alzheimers.net gets to the heart of the matter. ALZ from beginning – to end. Click here to launch the article.
18 Tuesday Jun 2013
Posted in Blogging, Caregivers.com, Helpful Resources, Neglect and Abuse, Tips
Elder abuse – a huge (and ever growing) problem, yet one that people would rather not talk about. The statistics are frightening and the stories are sad beyond description.
In my latest piece on Caregivers, learn about the warning signs as well as what to do if you suspect abuse, and how you can get involved in the issue. Elder Abuse: How You Can Help.
Start the discussion.
17 Monday Jun 2013
Posted in Celebrities, Research
In the “You’ve got to be kidding me” category, a great story from CNN! It’s true – Rudy Tanzi, world-renowned Alzheimer’s researcher, best selling author, and chair of the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, can be heard playing keyboards on Aerosmith’s latest studio album. A random meeting with Joe Perry led to the collaboration.
Tanzi has been studying ALZ since 1983, but his work became very personal when his grandmother was diagnosed shortly after that.
“What you see is that this disease is really the worst thing you can imagine,” Tanzi said. “Because you spend your whole life — decades and decades — accumulating memories and association, and you develop a personality of who you are based on your experience and memories. And this disease comes in and rips all that right out. So it literally steals who you are from you. There is no other disease that does that. There is nothing worse.”
Read more here.
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