The Combination of Aricept and Namenda Helps Slow the Rate of Decline in Dementia Patients

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It looks like there is an advantage in prescribing both drugs in combination (Aricept and Namenda) as an initial treatment.

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Accepting Alzheimers, Coping in Alzheimers World

Did you ever wonder why most Alzheimer’s patients stick like glue to their caregiver? Call out their name when they can’t see them? Want to know where you are when they can’t see you?

By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer’s Reading Room

 

When a person has Alzheimer’s disease or another type of dementia they are often difficult to understand. The behaviors they express are often difficult to accept.

 

It be be very hard to deal with a person suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

 

It is hard to understand that a person can’t remember. Harder to accept that when they can’t remember, they will do things that are completely foreign to your frame of reference.

 

Each of us has emotions and feelings. Alzheimer’s has a way of bringing out the worst of these feelings and emotions.

 

The challenge — learning to deal with a person living with Alzheimer’s on their own terms. Learning to deal with Alzheimer’s disease.

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GrandPa Do You Know Who I Am? Maria Shriver Video

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GrandPa Do You Know Who I Am? Maria Shriver Video

This film tells five stories of children, ages 6-15, who are coping with grandfathers or grandmothers suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

Maria Shriver provides commentary and delivers valuable “lessons” for the kids, urging them not to blame themselves for what their grandparents do or say.

“We are all children of Alzheimer’s.” Read more at www.alzheimersreadingroom.com

 

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I Forgot My Mother Has Alzheimer’s

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In Alzheimer’s World, Dotty is the person I always knew. Sure, her brain is sick. But, once I started treating Dotty like the person I always knew, she rewarded me by becoming kinder, gentler, and more cooperative. Read more at www.alzheimersreadingroom.com

 

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Alzheimer’s Disease, Types of Dementia, and What is the Difference Between Alzheimer’s and Dementia

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How Memory Is Affected in Alzheimer’s

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This interesting Health Alert from John Hopkins discusses the different memory systems — episodic, semantic, procedural, and working — of the brain and how they are affected by Alzheimer’s disease…

and memory.

Normal aging leads to changes in the brain, especially in areas involved in learning and memory. Some neurons shrink; others are disabled by damaging molecules called free radicals. Daily “insults,” such as high blood pressure or elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, also take their toll.

Over time, these changes can make it more difficult for an older person to learn new tasks or to retrieve information from memory, such as someone’s name. With Alzheimer’s disease, the damage is more severe and ultimately affects larger regions of the brain. Read more at www.alzheimersreadingroom.com

 

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About Alzheimer’s Reading Room

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The goal of the Alzheimer’s Reading Room is to Educate, sometimes Entertain, and Empower Alzheimer’s caregivers, their families, and the entire Alzheimer’s community. Read more at www.alzheimersreadingroom.com

 

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Salk Scientists Develop New Drug that Improves Memory and May be First to Prevent Alzheimer’s

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The drug (J147) may be the first capable of halting mental decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

A new drug candidate may be the first capable of halting the devastating mental decline of Alzheimer’s disease, based on the findings of a study published today in PLoS one. Read more at www.alzheimersreadingroom.com

 

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Goal: Keep an Alzheimer’s Patient Happy

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Challenging Dementia Behavior Can Be Caused by the Thyroid

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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, a common cause of hypothyroidism, can cause a person with dementia to feel anxiety ridden. This in turn can cause mean, unruly, or challenging behaviors.

I receive emails every week from Alzheimer’s caregivers telling me about challenging behavior problems of their loved one living with Alzheimer’s. I always make two very specific recommendations. Read more at www.alzheimersreadingroom.com

 

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