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Treating Dementia Symptoms
How Music Therapy Can Help After a Stroke or Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
Music therapy can have a dramatic effect on people after a stroke or a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. People familiar with Alzheimer's disease know this: memory loss and other effects are retrograde. That is,...Read entire article »
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Alzheimer's Disease: Understanding Sundowning Syndrome
In previous articles, I have discussed challenging behaviors in Alzheimer's disease, such as wandering, that cause families distress and result in the patient being institutionalized and in this article I will address Sundowning syndrome,...Read entire article »
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5 Truths That Spawned 5 Myths About Alzheimer's & Dementia
Sometimes the truth can be very misleading. This is often the case with complex topics when an "expert" makes a narrow but accurate statement that is subsequently generalized by the lay public, a common...Read entire article »
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4 Steps to Managing Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive, degenerative disease of the brain that afflicts five million people in the US, and it is a direct or indirect cause of 60% of all dementia. The rate of...Read entire article »
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Gilbert Guide Videos: Clinical Trials & Experimental Treatments
Participating in clinical trials can increase patient options by making new therapies and treatments available. Risks, benefits and side effects of the trials process are explained, as well as various issues from insurance coverage to...Read entire article »
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The Dementias: Diagnosis, Treatment and Research
The Dementias: Diagnosis, Treatment and Research, 3rd edition, edited by Myron Weiner, MD, and Anne Lipton, MD, PhD, is very useful for professionals dealing with elders in later life. The chapters with practical, hands-on...Read entire article »
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Alzheimer's Disease: Understanding Wandering Behavior
Most families who care for a loved one with advanced Alzheimer’s disease ultimately opt for institutionalized patient care as the disease progresses. While many patients can remain in their homes for years, some of...Read entire article »
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Controlling Unsafe Wandering Behaviors in Alzheimer's Patients
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia among seniors 65 and older. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, researchers estimate that approximately 5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, and project that the number...Read entire article »
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The Cutting-Edge in Cognitive Rehab:The SR-Cognition Toolkit
Welcome to the November 12, 2008 edition of The Weekly Insider, our newsletter with quick updates on senior care tips, cool gadgets, new technology, and must-have services. November 12, 2008 The Cutting-Edge in Cognitive...Read entire article »
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Treating Sundowner's Syndrome: Top 10 Behavior Management Strategies
Amazon.com Widgets Although there are countless theories, researchers understand very little about the causes of Sundowner’s Syndrome, a condition often associated with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. As with any other syndrome, it is the...Read entire article »
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Artificial Hydration & Nutrition in Advanced Alzheimer's
In my conversations with families of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, they often have anxiety over withholding or withdrawing artificial hydration and nutrition. What should be done when a patient refuses to eat? What does...Read entire article »
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Sundowner’s Syndrome—Causes, Symptoms, Suggestions
“The nights are the hardest.” I’ve heard this phrase from many people I’ve known—family members who’ve lost loved ones, friends recovering from addictions. Somehow in nighttime, with its relative quiet and vivid darkness, it’s nearly...Read entire article »
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How to Talk to an Elder with Dementia Using Validation Therapy, Redirection & Other Techniques
If you have a loved one with Alzheimer's or dementia, then you know how difficult it can be to communicate with him or her. Maybe there are good or bad days. Maybe there are...Read entire article »
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Guidelines For Alzheimer's Disease Management
The Alzheimer’s Association is the primary voluntary health organization offering support and research into Alzheimer’s disease and care. Download the association's list of Alzheimer’s Disease Management Guidelines. The file is in a pdf format....Read entire article »
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Treating Alzheimer's Disease: the Good, the Bad and the Future
An Introduction by Harvey Gilbert, MD: Dr. Fillit’s contribution to Gilbert Guide’s expert corner has been long awaited. Dr. Fillit is a clinical professor of geriatrics and medicine, and a professor of neurobiology at the...Read entire article »
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Healthier Brains & Bodies: New Research Sheds Light on Alzheimer’s, Memory Loss and Stroke
Welcome to the December installment of new medical research. This month I have highlighted three important studies relating to Alzheimer’s, memory loss and a new way to help people who have had a stroke....Read entire article »
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Psychotropic Drugs—Friend or Foe?
According to the National Institute on Aging, an estimated 4.5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, and approximately 10 percent of adults 65 years and older are diagnosed with the disease. In turn, Alzheimer’s is...Read entire article »
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