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Holiday visits force adult children to seek out caregiving agencies
Upon the annual trek to mom and dad’s for the holidays, some adult children may have received an unexpected jolt. Maybe the first sign was the unkempt yard, but that really did not set off any alarms.
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Monitoring your aging parents via technology
If hiring a senior home-care service is not quite what you or loved one needs or is a bit too expensive, some people sign on with businesses that specialize in home health alarm systems. These types of systems offer a technology that utilizes the latest in electronic monitoring to record what your loved one does throughout his or her day.
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Scientists link impaired function and synapse loss to inflammation
Before the formation of tangles, the number of synapses decreases and impaired function becomes more apparent in mice brains, according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. The scientists connected activation of microglia, a type of immune cell, to impaired function and the loss of synapses.
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Standard tests no help when determining whether a person with Alzheimer's should drive
A team of Canadian researchers hope their work leads to improved tools that allow a clinician to more readily assess the driving skills of a person with Alzheimer's disease. The University of Ottawa scientists, lead by Dr. Frank J. Molnar, conducted a literature search to find data regarding in-office cognitive tests used to determine whether a person with dementia is a safe driver.
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The Caregiver Consortium lights the way for caregivers seeking assistance
Citizens in Tucson , Ariz. , took matters into their own hands and created a solution which identifies resources offered to help caregivers in need. Caregiver Consortium, Inc., founded in the late 1990’s, serves “to enhance or implement services for caregivers and older adults that strengthen the continuum of care.”
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Friends and a social network beat loneliness and Alzheimer's
Maintaining friendships and other social contacts is one more tool we have to stave off Alzheimer's disease, conclusions from a new study show. People who are lonely nearly double their risk of receiving an Alzheimer's diagnosis, said researchers at the Rush University Medical Center Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago.
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In The News (Archive): No point reinventing the wheel. This is a link to Ms. Brenda Parris Sibley's website where she posts all the latest. Ms. Sibley is author of A Year To Remember, a poignant and informative work based on her care for her mother who was stricken by AD. If we find something she hasn't covered, it will be posted here with an email to her attention to keep both indexes current.
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