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"Alzheimer's Patient Gets No Relief"
I have to agree in part with the pharmacist giving feedback to Dr. Gott regarding his advice on pain management for the person with dementia. Of course these special people experience "psychological" pain. I don't think you'll find anyone who will dispute that. But there is not an absence of physical pain, just ...
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"Apple Pie"
My name is Gwendolyn de Geest. I am an educator and author in dementia care in Vancouver, Canada. I work with family and professional caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. For more than two decades I have compiled hundreds of stories of families who are truly living through the dementia.
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"Early Onset Dementia: A National Challenge, a Future Crisis"
Thank you for noting the new Alzheimer's Association report on early onset dementia in the Daily News on Wednesday, June 7. The report combines the very small amount of research on this topic with stories and quotes from people with early onset Alzheimer's and other dementias and their care partners to begin to piece together a picture of early onset dementia in the U.S.
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A Caregiver and Her Husband Respond
Letters to the Editor
After reading several of Richard's columns, I would like to respond from the point of view of the caregiver... Maybe caregivers do not do everything perfectly. Certainly we do not do everything exactly as the person we are caring for might desire. But after making several serious errors (accommodating my husband's wishes), I decided that a person with dementia is not usually the best person to be making the decisions. Sometimes this means their wishes will have to be set aside, in the best judgment of the caregiver.
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Active Social Life May Reduce Men's Alz Risk
I am responding to the article in today's Alz Daily News with the title "Active Social Life May Reduce Men's Alz Risk"... Specifically: "The study found that reduced dementia risk was most strongly associated with participation in activities involving home and family, visiting with friends and relatives, club activities (such as attending parties and playing card games), and home hobbies."
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Alzheimer Victim's Compulsion to Wander
I read Starr's article on the Alzheimer's Daily News web site and was originally going to print it out as a potential inservice for my staff ... then I read it. May I respectfully take exception to a number of Starr's "tips"?
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Alzheimer Victim's Compulsion to Wander
Here are two separate Letters to the Editor in response to a recent dialogue on wandering. Each letter takes a different position.
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Alzheimer's - It's Not My Fault
Read two different responses to Richard Taylor's "Alzheimer's - It's Not My Fault" letter to the editor.
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Alzheimer's - It's Not My Fault
These letters to the edior offer a range of opinions regarding "Alzheimer's - It's Not My Fault."
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Alzheimer's - It's Not My Fault
These Letters to the Editor are in response to a column written by Richard Taylor on June 30.
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Alzheimer's Treatments Reviewed
The news bulletin entitled "Alzheimer's Treatments Reviewed" in your December 6th issue was one of the most encouraging items I've seen. Following the links revealed a list of seventeen different investigative approaches being studied and tested by over 50 drug companies. The disease runs in my wife's family, so I worry about my two daughters. This amount of research makes me feel much more confident that a cure or prevention will be found in time to spare them. Thank you for keeping us up to date.
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Are We Ready
Letter to the Editor
I share that fear that we won't be ready for the influx of people on the "system." The system can't handle what they handle now, and yes, it's for lack of attention. It seems to be universal that unless something is an acute crisis it is shelved while the powers that be bury their heads in the sand. I was in Olympia (WA) a year or two ago to advocate for adult day services being dealt a fair share of the budget. It turns out that the big interest that day was not National Adult Day Services Day but whether or not Native American tribes were going to pay their gasoline tax from the reservations. I felt the scales tipped differently in importance than our Legislatures did. Like R. Kilburn you feel like you're shouting, "There's a hole in the dike, there's a hole in the dike!" and the government turns it's back, only to be swept away with the rest of us when the flood comes...
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Assisted Living, Erratic Regulation
Letter to the Editor
Regarding: "For example, in Minnesota, there are no staff requirements whatsoever, while in New Mexico, a professional caregiver needs only to be over 18 and pass a background check. A mere 32 states require CPR and first aid certification. Just 24 require a nurse on staff, and Alabama is the only state in which the medical director must be a doctor."
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Blue Light and White Sunshine Can Help Alzheimer's Patients
Letter to the Editor
With regard to the article on 'Blue Light and White Sunshine,' reference is made to the study of two groups; the first group being in 'normal fluorescent lighting'. I for one do not consider fluorescent lighting to be normal. It takes two bulbs, which interact with each other, causing constant movement (flickering) and, for the most part, goes unnoticed by the naked eye.
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Canadian Health Care Crisis
Letter to the Editor
First, I would like to thank you for the wonderful newsletter that I get every day. I live with Vascular Dementia and I would like to comment on the post in today's issue of The Alzheimer's Daily News about patients not getting adequate treatment.
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Cancer Drug Stabilizes Cognitive Decline
In the April 26 issue of The Alzheimer's Daily News the article entitled "Cancer Drug Stabilizes Cognitive Decline" addresses the benefit of the cancer medication Leuprolide acetate for treating Alzheimer patients, reported by Dr. Brian Reynolds of Voyager Pharmaceuticals. I believe this is the same compound known as Lupron, or Drug VP 4896, that is presently in clinical trials.
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Cautious Optimism for New Alzheimer's Medications
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
If people living with Alzheimer's were to read only the press releases and web sites of researchers, news magazines, and even our own National Alzheimer's Association, they would be convinced that we were on the verge of a gigantic medical breakthrough. Headlines suggest that research is two-thirds the way to completing the bridge linking us to "a world without Alzheimer's disease," and there are things we can eat, drink, do and play to retain healthy minds - or at least free ourselves from the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
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Clostridium Difficile
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Since many of our loved ones with dementia are in long-term care facilities and/or visit hospitals more frequently, I think it's important to warn caregivers of Clostridium difficile (aka C. diff. or C. difficile). Many people who get C. diff., get it from receiving antibiotics (possibly for a UTI).
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Crossword Puzzles Can Help Maintain Healthier Brains
Thank you for the excellent service you provide by culling relevant news items from world-wide media sources. It's a wonderful resource.
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Doctor Chronicles Alzheimer's Experience
The article on the doctor, "Doctor Chronicles Alzheimer's Experience," is a great story. I am so pleased to see a doctor following his disease.
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