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Alzheimer's patients often can personality when people come to visit, or when they are doing things like going to the doctor. </h3>
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<b>Ever wonder which dietary supplements work best? Ever wonder if the claims of the sellers of dietary supplements are backed by scientific research on humans?...</b></blockquote>
<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">By Bob DeMarco</span></b></i><br />
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The first issue -- which dietary supplements are effective and backed by research on humans. The second issue -- what is the effectiveness of a dietary supplement for any given condition.<br />
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The Alzheimer’s Association of America has revised its 10 warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease.<br />
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In order to promote early detection and early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease the Alzheimer’s Association of America has updated its list of the 10 warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease.<br />
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The Association is doing this because early diagnosis and early intervention (read administration of Alzheimer’s drugs) provide the best opportunities for treatment, support and planning for the future. <br />
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<li>Memory changes that disrupt daily life</li>
<li>Challenges in planning or solving problems</li>
<li>Difficulty completing familiar tasks</li>
<li>Confusion with time or place</li>
<li>Trouble understanding Visual images and spatial relationships</li>
<li>New problems with words while speaking or writing</li>
<li>Misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps</li>
<li>Decreased or poor judgment</li>
<li>Withdrawal from work or social activities</li>
<li>Changes in mood or personality.</li>
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I think that the revision is improvement because it is a little more specific regarding other issues beside memory loss. <br />
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Take the extra step. Walk the extra yard. Engage. Keep on living. Don’t be afraid to try things. Do things that you have always done together. Don’t let anyone discourage you or get in your way. <br />
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<h3><a href="http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2010/04/test-your-memory-for-alzheimers.html">#1 Test Your Memory for Alzheimer's Dementia in 15 Minutes (SAGE)</a></h3><b>This is my number one recommendation for testing memory. <br />
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The latest weapon in the war against Alzheimer’s disease is not a fancy new brain scanner or a computer device. Instead, it’s a it a 15 question written exam that could have a dramatic impact on a major problem -- the early detection of Alzheimer's disease. <br />
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This handwritten self-assessment test can be taken in less than 15 minutes. SAGE is a reliable tool for evaluating memory and cognitive ability. Findings confirming the validity of the tool were reported in the journal Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. </b><br />
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<h3><a href="http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2009/12/alzheimers-clock-draw-test-detect-signs.html">#2 Alzheimer's Clock Draw Test</a></h3><b>Drawing a clock by hand is one of several useful screening tools that can help to detect mild cognitive impairment, dementia, or Alzheimer's. This test can help you, or your doctor, differentiate between normal aging and possible dementia. <br />
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If you administer the test on your own and find the results either disconcerting or suspicious, schedule an appointment with your personal care physician. Take the copy of the clock test with you to the doctor appointment, and show the test to the doctor.</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2009/12/alzheimers-clock-draw-test-detect-signs.html"><b>Go here</b></a> for more on the clock draw test including scoring.<br />
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<h3><a href="http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2009/06/test-your-memory-tym-for-alzheimers-or.html">#3 Test Your Memory (TYM) for Alzheimer's or Dementia in Five Minutes</a></h3><b>This test is designed for people that live in England. Results were published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). <br />
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The TYM is a series of 10 tasks including ability to copy a sentence, semantic knowledge, calculation, verbal fluency and recall ability. The ability to do the test is also scored. Each task carries a score with a maximum score of 50 points available. The test is designed to use minimal operator time and to be suitable for non-specialist use. </b><br />
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<a href="http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2009/06/test-your-memory-tym-for-alzheimers-or.html"><b>Go here </b></a> for the information and follow the links for the test, scoring and scientific study.<br />
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<h3><a href="http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2009/03/mini-cog-test-for-alzheimers-and.html">#4 The Mini-Cog Test for Alzheimer's and Dementia</a></h3><br />
<b>The Mini-Cog is a simple three minute test that is useful in detecting mild cognitive impairment, dementia, or an early stage of Alzheimer's. The research study, included below, showed that the test has a high degree of accuracy (83 percent).</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2009/03/mini-cog-test-for-alzheimers-and.html"><b>Go here</b></a> for more information.<br />
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<h3><a href="http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2010/01/dr-oz-memory-quiz-test.html">#5 Dr Oz Alzheimer's Memory Quiz (Test)</a></h3><br />
<b>This memory quiz is based of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VAMC) St. Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS) examination and is an assessment tool for informational and entertainment purposes only.</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2010/01/dr-oz-memory-quiz-test.html"><b>Go here</b></a> to take the test.<br />
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I believe changing behavior, understanding what is happening, and a willingness to change the communication dynamic are the first steps to Alzheimer's caregiver happiness. <br />
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I started the Alzheimer’s Reading Room to keep track of the thousands of articles and many books I was reading about Alzheimer's disease.<br />
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I soon realized that Alzheimer's caregivers are often thrust into their role with little or no experience, training, or education about Alzheimer's disease. As a result, they are often overwhelmed and suffer from feelings of helplessness. Forty percent of Alzheimer's caregivers suffer from depression.<br />
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Soon after I started the blog, I began to receive emails from Alzheimer's caregivers all over the world. First an email here and there, and now thousands of emails.<br />
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It finally occurred to me that I could help the ten million Alzheimer’s caregivers worldwide by personalizing my own experience and sharing the information I was acquiring.<br />
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In other words, instead of throwing the vast amounts of information that is available about Alzheimer's on to the blog willy nilly -- to make the information useful so it could be used in the real world by caregivers.<br />
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Once I realized that most caregivers experiences similar problems, I was able to make the blog more useful to the audience.<br />
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As I gained experience in caring for my mother, I decided to start writing more about the success we were having in fighting Alzheimer’s disease. I learned that the more I let her do the more she could do. I learned that there were solutions to the problems that face Alzheimer's caregivers each day.<br />
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I found when I started to write about the "real world" experience of Alzheimer's on this blog, more people started to find us. Readers started to tell family, friends, support group members, and other interested parties about the Alzheimer's Reading Room.<br />
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The Alzheimer's Reading Room is growing fast. As it grows, so does <span style="font-weight: bold;">the collective brain of the blog</span>. <br />
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We encourage every single reader to comment or to share their experiences with us. On this blog we learn from each other. <span style="font-weight: bold;">We learn that we are not alone.</span><br />
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It takes a lot of energy, learning, and patience to deal with the Alzheimer's disease. <br />
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In order to begin the process of dealing with communication in a world fill with Alzheimer's you first need to make a simple important decision -- you want to decrease both your stress as caregiver, and the stress of the person suffering from Alzheimer's.<br />
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Read that carefully, you want to reduce stress. You want to change the dynamic. You want to change for the better -- you want and need to change the way things are.<br />
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You might be wondering why I just repeated myself. Why? Because I believe it is necessary to get focused on what you want to accomplish, if you ever expect to accomplish it. It must become a deep and strong desire within you.<br />
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</blockquote>For example, that they just ate and can't possibly be hungry. You remind them over and over that they can't be hungry because they just ate. <br />
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Ever done that or something similar raise your hand? I'm raising both hands.<br />
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After the thousandth or so time of correcting my mother, telling her firmly she just ate, and watching her get frustrated or angry, I finally realized something had to change -- this something was me. I had to change.<br />
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I want to interject here that my mother even after six years still tells me she is hungry right after eating. She frequently tells me after breakfast and lunch that she hasn't had a thing to eat all day. She tells people on the telephone at night -- I haven't had a thing to eat all day. She -- honestly -- believes that what she is saying is true.<br />
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My guess is that you experiences the frustration of hearing your loved one repeating the same words that you believe to be untrue over and over. You see and experience the same crazy behaviors over and over.<br />
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What you believe to be true, and what the person that is suffering from Alzheimer's believes to be true are often diametrically opposed. The exact opposite.<br />
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Here is the one thing you need to understand. Your view of reality and your loved one's view of reality might be very different. <br />
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Ask yourself, what are you doing and how are you reacting when someone suffering from Alzheimer's says something you know to be incorrect or untrue? <br />
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What are you feeling when this happens?<br />
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Are you constantly correcting them?<br />
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If you are constantly correcting a person suffering from Alzheimer's you are "cruising for a bruising". <br />
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You are heading for the big stomach ache in the sky. <br />
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Say hello to your new found friends -- anger, stress and angst.<br />
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Do you really want to befriend anger, stress and angst<br />
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Sooner or later you must make a decision. <br />
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Do I want to do this for the next ten years? Do I want to feel like this for the next ten years? Or, is there an alternative?<br />
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This isn't simple to do, but it is necessary -- you need to start accepting that when a person suffering from Alzheimer's says something they believe to be true it is in fact a reality. It is their reality.<br />
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Welcome to Alzheimer's world. Don't be afraid or reluctant to step into this new and very different world.<br />
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In Alzheimer's world, reality takes on a different shape. Reality is a reflection of what the person suffering from Alzheimer's thinks and believes. It is this reality that you must focus on, not the way YOU think things are, or should be.<br />
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I feel confident when I say this -- you are not going to be able to convince a person suffering from Alzheimer's that they are wrong, and you won't be able to convince them that your reality is the true reality. <br />
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When you do this you are asking the person suffering from Alzheimer's to come back into your world. <br />
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Think about what I am saying here. I am asking you to develop a frame of reference, a new and different behavior that is one hundred percent diametrically opposed to the way you think and act -- the way you thought and acted for your entire life. Whew.<br />
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This isn't easy. It could be one of the hardest things you have ever tried to accomplish. <br />
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Here is the bad news. Even though I was well aware of what I needed to accomplish, trying as hard as I could, it still took years to get there -- to get into and comfortable with Alzheimer's world.<br />
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Once I made it into Alzheimer's world I reaped rewards that are almost impossible to imagine or describe.<br />
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When you make it to Alzheimer's world you begin the process of redefining reality. Instead of trying to brow beat your loved one back into your reality, <b>you start to interact with them based on their view of reality.</b><br />
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For example. When my mother says, I am hungry, I'm starving -- I say ok, we are going to eat in a little while. Instead of telling her -- you just ate, you can't be hungry.<br />
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If she asks how long before we eat, I don't say in two hours -- I say, in half hour or soooo. The so in this sentence means when it is time to eat. Either half hour, or when it is time to eat.<br />
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Instead of an argument, my mother now reacts positively to this response. <br />
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Over time she also started saying something she never said before, instead of saying I'm hungry, I am starving, she sometimes says -- Bobby, what did I eat today? <br />
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When I answer by recounting our meals, she still makes a funny face, the face of disbelief, but she doesn't get angry or upset, <b>and neither do I.</b><br />
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When I recount to her what she has eaten I have to be very careful. Careful to tell her with a smile on my face, and in a low calm voice. Not like a lecture. If she gets that bewildered look on her face -- confusion -- that is ok because I can then change the topic.<br />
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On the other hand, if I allow my mother to get angry and disconcerted then she will start going into the black hole of Alzheimer's world. When my mother goes into the black hole, I can feel the Alzheimer's trying to drag me into the black hole. At the minimum, stomach ache.<br />
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I can only assume that by listening to her lament -- I am hungry, I'm starving -- and by responding to her reality rather than correcting her -- our communication has improved. The amount of anger, stress and angst is greatly reduced.<br />
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This new form of communication lead to less stress, anger and angst. It seems to have a cumulative effect. Less stress build up across a series of situtations, leads to less angry and nutty behavior from my mother. <br />
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Less conflict, fewer explosions. More happiness.<br />
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The goal in all communications with a person suffering from Alzheimer's should be to connect with the patient in a positive, constructive, effective way. <br />
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So instead of telling my mother -- you just ate. I accept her reality that she is hungry and respond in a positive proactive way.<br />
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What you want to be doing here is try to establish a positive pattern of communication. This requires you to develop calm, effective responses that are easily accepted by the person suffering from Alzheimer's.<br />
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By establishing positive patterns of communication over a series of situations you learn how to deal with the new reality that is at the core of what I call Alzheimer's world.<br />
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The more you practice the better you get at it. <br />
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Before you know it, Alzheimer's world becomes another dimension in your life. You learn how to operate effectively in this world. Instead of a sinister, confusing world it becomes a parallel universe.<br />
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Easier to understand, easier to accept.<br />
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I feel very confident when I say this. <b>While a person suffering from Alzheimer's can't remember, they are full of feelings and emotions.</b><br />
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As a caregiver, when you try to correct a person with Alzheimer's you are likely to bring out a negative emotion in them. How would you like to be told over and over -- you are wrong?<br />
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How would you act? <br />
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What emotion would you be likely to express? <br />
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Would you like the person that is constantly telling you -- you are wrong?<br />
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I'll let you decide the answer.<br />
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Effective communication with someone suffering from Alzheimer's requires you to identify the emotion behind the persons words. To learn ways to address what they are feeling and to validate those feelings.<br />
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Right now, it is likely that when a person suffering from Alzheimer's says something that is opposed to reality --as you understand it -- that you immediately feel an urge to correct them (or worse). <br />
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Is this you?<br />
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You aren't listening when you do this. You are making the situation about you and your feelings -- not about them. You are trying to drag the person into your world, and it just won't work.<br />
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You want to avoid any and all situations that lead to an argument. <br />
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When an argument ensues it is likely that the person suffering from Alzheimer's gets agitated and says those mean and angry words you dread.<br />
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Ask yourself, who is at fault? How can this dynamic be changed?<br />
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If you are caring for someone with Alzheimer's you will need to go into their world -- Alzheimer's world -- in order to maintain your own sanity and well being.<br />
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The first steps are to start listening to what they say. To accept what they are saying as a <b>"reality".</b> They believe it to be true, why can't you?<br />
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Understanding that Alzheimer's world reality is different -- is a big and important step. A necessary step to communicating effectively with someone that suffers from Alzheimer's.<br />
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While you are at it try and remember this. They have Alzheimer's. You are the caregiver. It really is up to you to change. It is up to you to adjust.<br />
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The person suffering from Alzheimer's would adjust if they could -- they can't.<br />
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I want to close by giving you this construct.<br />
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I often think of my mother and myself as two magnets. Every magnet has two fields -- a north pole and a south pole. <br />
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If you put the two north poles together (or south poles) the two magnets will repel each other. <br />
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If you put the two opposite poles of a magnet together they will attract each other. They will stick together (like glue).<br />
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Once you learn to put these two opposite poles together your life as an Alzheimer's caregiver will change. On the other hand, if you keep trying to put the same poles together they will continue to repel each other.<br />
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Once you accept Alzheimer's world and learn how to operate in Alzheimer's world you'll learn that opposites can indeed attract. And stick together like glue.<br />
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This is a very pleasant and rewarding way to feel.<br />
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I'm not the only one that knows this.<br />
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My name is Bob DeMarco, I am an Alzheimer's caregiver. My mother Dorothy, now 93 years old, suffers from Alzheimer's disease. We live our life one day at a time.<br />
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<a href="http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2009/09/metamorphosis-of-this-alzheimers.html">The Metamorphosis of This Alzheimer's Caregiver (Part One)</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2009/11/metamorphosis-of-this-alzheimers.html">The Metamorphosis of This Alzheimer's Caregiver (Part Two)</a></b></i><b></b><br />
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The game of choice seems to be bowling. Wii bowling provides moderate exercise and allows groups to get together much like they would at a bowling alley.<br /><br />Ninetendo offers hundreds of games that can be played with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009VXBAQ?ie=UTF8&tag=thealzsrearoo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0009VXBAQ">Wii</a>. You can exercise your body and even exercise your brain with Wii Brain Academy.<br /><br />The Wii game <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001H0RZX2?ie=UTF8&tag=thealzsrearoo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001H0RZX2">My Fitness Coach</a></span> would be particularly effective for both the person suffering from Alzheimer's and their caregiver. I know from personal experience with <a href="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2008/10/worried-about-alzheimers-rule-1.html">my mother that exercise is both necessary and important</a>. I have written here many times about the immediate positive effect exercise has on my mother.<br /><blockquote><b>Dear Caregiver, you could use this tool to improve socialization by inviting friends and neighbors over to play along with you.</b></blockquote><blockquote><b><br />Friends and family of caregivers, Wii is a great gift. Perhaps you could consider "chipping in" and purchasing this for a loving caregiver or suffering family member. </b></blockquote><span id="fullpost"><br />Don't get detered by the name of the game. If you are older you can sit in a chair while doing the majority of the exercises. When my mother attends the Silver Sneakers program at Gold's gym she sits for most of the exercises. Keep in mind, my mother is 92 years old and suffers from Alzheimer's.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001H0RZX2?ie=UTF8&tag=thealzsrearoo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001H0RZX2">My Fitness Coach</a> is like having a personal trainer right in your home. You can get coaching on 500 exercises including strength training, cardio fitness, and flexibility training. The game includes includes nine diiferent environments and music. If this sounds intimidating you can always go with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/hoiNtus4JvIcPtP8LQPyud4Kyy393oep">Wii Fit</a></span>. Wii Fit is less rigorous, contains hundreds of exercises, and also has a Body Mass Module. Wii Fit uses the Wii Balance Board.<br /><br />I believe <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009VXBAQ?ie=UTF8&tag=thealzsrearoo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0009VXBAQ">Wii</a> is a wonderful tool that can be used by caregivers to satisfy personal and caregiving needs. Wii could improve your day. There are hundreds of games--so you can have fun. Both you and the person you are caring for will benefit.<br /><br /><h><a href="http://www.nintendo.com/wii/what">What is Wii</a><br /><a href="http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/1OTtO06SP7M52gi5m8pD6CnahbW8CzxE">Wii Sports</a> (includes: Tennis, Baseball, Golf, Bowling and Boxing)<br /><a href="http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/4kPPwCXTwoX02XL0D1S4XK6esewNBTm8">Wii Big Brain Academy</a></h><br /><a href="http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/4SpUUl3-7XKbSPJqBG_aHrThj_sGyJHL">Wii Play</a> inlcudes: The shooting gallery, Mii-matching game, billiards, air hockey, tank battles, table tennis rally, Mii poses and a cow-riding race)<br /><a href="http://www.nintendo.com/wii/what/faq">Wii FAQ</a> (Frequently Asked Questions)<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE4A66UB20081107">Exercise may improve function in dementia patients</a></span><br /><br />NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Organized exercise designed to increase strength, flexibility, mobility and coordination may improve overall physical function among nursing home patients with Alzheimer's disease, researchers report.<br /><br />Alzheimer's disease patients who have physically deteriorated are less able to perform activities of daily life, which, in turn, affects their quality of life. Despite the well-known physical benefits obtained from exercise, Professor Alejandro Lucia and colleagues in Spain found comparatively little research has focused on exercise training among patients with Alzheimer's disease.<br /><br />To address this, Lucia, of the Universidad Europea De Madrid, and collaborators compared the outcomes of 16 Alzheimer's disease patients who were randomly assigned to receive normal care involving no programed exercise or to a12-week exercise program as part of their nursing home care.<br /><br />Each group consisted of five women and three men of similar functional capacity at the start of the study. Participants' average age was 73 years in the normal care group and 76 years in the exercise group, the investigators report in the International Journal of Sports Medicine.<br /><br />Exercise sessions, held 3 days each week, included 75 minutes of warm-up and cool-down stretching, inside walking, joint mobility activities, elastic exercise-band resistance training, and coordination exercises using foam balls.<br /><br />Lucia's team reports the exercise group had significant improvements in measures of upper and lower body strength and flexibility; agility and balance; walking abilities; and endurance. Exercise participants also showed greater ability to independently perform activities of daily living such as rising from a chair, transferring from bed to chair, bathing, or dressing.<br /><br />By contrast, the normal care group showed no changes over the 12-week period.<br /><br />These findings show that shorter duration exercise programs "are sufficient to induce significant improvements in patients' functional performance and independence," the investigators state. Adherence to the training program was nearly 100 percent, they add.<br /><br />While more evidence of efficacy is needed from larger study populations, Lucia and colleagues suggest similar programs could be included in the overall nursing home care of Alzheimer's disease patients.<br /><br />SOURCE: International Journal of Sports Medicine, October 2008.<br /><br />Follow the Alzheimer's Reading Room on <a href="http://twitter.com/alzheimersread"><b>Twitter</b></a><blockquote><a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=TheAlzheimersReadingRoom&loc=en_US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Subscribe to The Alzheimer's Reading Room--via Email</b></span></a></blockquote><table width="98%" bgcolor="#fffff0" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7283119@N08/3193476301/" title="Profile Shot by BobbyDelray, on Flickr"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 75px; height: 75px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/3193476301_1325afb2c7_s.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2008/10/bob-demarco-my-profile.html">Bob DeMarco</a> is a citizen journalist, blogger, and Caregiver. In addition to being an experienced writer he taught at the University of Georgia , was an Associate Director and Limited Partner at Bear Stearns, the CEO of IP Group, and a mentor. Bob currently resides in Delray Beach, FL where he cares for his mother, Dorothy, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. He has written more than 500 articles with more than 11,000 links to his work on the Internet. His content has been syndicated on Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Pluck, Blog Critics, and a growing list of newspaper websites. 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A Pew/Internet study showed that seventy five percent of Leading Boomers (age 51-59) use the Internet. The numbers are lower for Matures (age 60-69) at fifty four percent.<br /><br />The brain study found that Internet savvy users that use search experienced greater brain activity. While there are no conclusive studies at this time, boomers should be thinking about ways to keep the brain healthy and memory sharp as they age. It appears the use of the Internet helps.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">"This suggests that just searching on the Internet may train the brain -- that it may keep it active and healthy," said Small, whose research appears in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.</span></blockquote><br /><br />Also see: <a href="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2008/09/ten-million-baby-boomers-likely-to.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ten Million Baby Boomers likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s during their lifetime</span></a><br /><br />Original content the <a href="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Alzheimer's Reading Room</span></a><br /><span id="fullpost"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE49D97T20081015"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br />Workout for brain just a few clicks away</span></a><br /><br />By Julie Steenhuysen<br /><br />CHICAGO (Reuters) - Searching the Internet may help middle-aged and older adults keep their memories sharp, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.<br /><br />Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles studied people doing Web searches while their brain activity was recorded with functional magnetic resonance imaging scans.<br /><br />"What we saw was people who had Internet experience used more of their brain during the search," Dr. Gary Small, a UCLA expert on aging, said in a telephone interview.<br /><br />"This suggests that just searching on the Internet may train the brain -- that it may keep it active and healthy," said Small, whose research appears in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.<br /><br />Many studies have found that challenging mental activities such as puzzles can help preserve brain function, but few have looked at what role the Internet might play.<br /><br />"This is the first time anyone has simulated an Internet search task while scanning the brain," Small said.<br /><br />His team studied 24 normal volunteers between the ages of 55 and 76. Half were experienced at searching the Internet and the other half had no Web experience. Otherwise, the groups were similar in age, gender and education.<br /><br />Both groups were asked to do Internet searches and book reading tasks while their brain activity was monitored.<br /><br />"We found that in reading the book task, the visual cortex -- the part of the brain that controls reading and language -- was activated," Small said.<br /><br />"In doing the Internet search task, there was much greater activity, but only in the Internet-savvy group."<br /><br />He said it appears that people who are familiar with the Internet can engage in a much deeper level of brain activity.<br /><br />"There is something about Internet searching where we can gauge it to a level that we find challenging," Small said.<br /><br />In the aging brain, atrophy and reduced cell activity can take a toll on cognitive function. Activities that keep the brain engaged can preserve brain health and thinking ability.<br /><br />Small thinks learning to do Internet searches may be one of those activities.<br /><br />"It tells us we probably can teach an old brain new Internet tricks," he said.<br /><br />(Editing by Will Dunham and John O'Callaghan)<br /><br /><a href="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Original content the Alzheimer's Reading Room</span></span></a><br /><br /><div><center> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312355394/?actionplan-20"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 120px;" alt="" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZIhAkDKZL._SL500_AA240_.jpg" border="0" /></a> </center></div><br /><div><center><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312355394?ie=UTF8&tag=actionplan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0312355394">The Alzheimer's Action Plan: The Experts' Guide to the Best Diagnosis and Treatment for Memory Problems</a><img alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=actionplan-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0312355394" width="1" border="0" height="1" /></center></div><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">These findings should be of special interest to baby boomers now entering their 60s. </span><br />
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A study conducted by researchers at the<a href="http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_releases_for_journalists/090908.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Oxford Project to Investigate Memory and Ageing (OPTIMA) </span></a>found that people with higher levels of vitamin B12 were six times less likely to experience brain volume loss. Vitamin B12, a nutrient found in meat, fish and milk, may protect against brain volume loss in older people. The researchers studied 107 volunteers age 61 to 87 who did not have cognitive impairment when they volunteered. The volunteers underwent yearly MRI brain scans, cognitive and memory tests and physical exams for five years.<br />
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<blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">This study suggests that simply adjusting our diets to consume more vitamin B12 through eating meat, fish, fortified cereals or milk may be something we can easily adjust to prevent brain shrinkage and so perhaps save our memory, says Anna Vogiatzoglou of the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at Oxford University. Research shows that vitamin B12 deficiency is a public health problem, especially among the elderly, so more vitamin B12 intake could help reverse this problem. Without carrying out a clinical trial, we acknowledge that it is still not known whether B12 supplementation would actually make a difference in elderly persons at risk for brain shrinkage.</span></blockquote><br />
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Vitamin B12, a nutrient found in meat, fish and milk, may protect against brain volume loss in older people, according to a University of Oxford study.<br />
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For the study, 107 people between the ages of 61 and 87 underwent brain scans, memory testing and physical exams. The researchers from the Oxford Project to Investigate Memory and Ageing (OPTIMA) also collected blood samples to check vitamin B12 levels. Brain scans and memory tests were also performed again five years later.<br />
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The study, published in the journal Neurology, found that people who had higher vitamin B12 levels were six times less likely to experience brain shrinkage compared with those who had lower levels of the vitamin in their blood. None of the people in the study had vitamin B12 deficiency.<br />
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Many factors that affect brain health are thought to be out of our control, but this study suggests that simply adjusting our diets to consume more vitamin B12 through eating meat, fish, fortified cereals or milk may be something we can easily adjust to prevent brain shrinkage and so perhaps save our memory,” says Anna Vogiatzoglou of the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at Oxford University. “Research shows that vitamin B12 deficiency is a public health problem, especially among the elderly, so more vitamin B12 intake could help reverse this problem. Without carrying out a clinical trial, we acknowledge that it is still not known whether B12 supplementation would actually make a difference in elderly persons at risk for brain shrinkage.”<br />
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Previous research on the vitamin has had mixed results and few studies have been done specifically with brain scans in elderly populations. We tested for vitamin B12 levels in a unique, more accurate way by looking at two certain markers for it in the blood,” adds Ms Vogiatzoglou.<br />
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Ms Vogiatzoglou says the study did not look at whether taking vitamin B12 supplements would have the same effect on memory.<br />
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The study was supported by the UK Alzheimer’s Research Trust, the Medical Research Council, the Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust, the Norwegian Foundation for Health and Rehabilitation through the Norwegian Health Association, Axis-Shield plc and the Johan Throne Holst Foundation for Nutrition Research.<br />
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For more information please contact Professor David Smith on david.smith@pharm.ox.ac.uk<br />
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Or the Press Office, University of Oxford, 01865 280528, press.office@admin.ox.ac.uk.<br />
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* OPTIMA, the Oxford Project to Investigate Memory and Ageing, is tackling one of the great medical and social challenges of our time: the diseases of the ageing brain. It aims to deepen our understanding of the changes that occur in the brain as we age, in a longitudinal study of normal volunteers and patients with memory problems. In revealing the differences between normal brain ageing and diseases like Alzheimer's disease, OPTIMA will lay the foundations for the development of new forms of prevention and treatment. http://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/optima<br />
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* Oxford University’s Medical Sciences Division is one of the largest biomedical research centres in Europe. It represents almost one-third of Oxford University’s income and expenditure, and two-thirds of its external research income. Oxford’s world-renowned global health programme is a leader in the fight against infectious diseases (such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and avian flu) and other prevalent diseases (such as cancer, stroke, heart disease and diabetes). Key to its success is a long-standing network of dedicated Wellcome Trust-funded research units in Asia (Thailand, Laos and Vietnam) and Kenya, and work at the MRC Unit in The Gambia. Long-term studies of patients around the world are supported by basic science at Oxford and have led to many exciting developments, including potential vaccines for tuberculosis, malaria and HIV, which are in clinical trials.<br />
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