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Dementia & Alzheimer's

What is the difference between Alzheimer's and dementia is a frequently asked question.

There is confusion about the difference between dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

The confusion is felt on the part of patients, family members, the media, and even healthcare providers.

Dementia Quote of the Day - The Abandoned

Like it or not, if you are a family member or friend of an Alzheimer's caregiver and you are not helping them -- you have abandoned them.

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Are Alzheimer's Caregivers the Forgotten?

+Bob DeMarco -- +Alzheimer's Reading Room

People Living with Dementia

Dementia affects memory, thinking, language, judgment, behavior, and a person’s ability to perform normal daily activities. 

Dementia Patients Face Needless Transitions at End of Life

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that

nearly one in five nursing home residents with advanced dementia experiences burdensome transitions in the last 90 days of life.

One of the Things that Helped My Mother's Anxiety

I also learned that saying "I love you" whenever your loved one becomes anxious quells fears and leave both parties basking in its glow.

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From the Collective Brain -- One of the Things that Helped My Mother's Anxiety

+Bob DeMarco +Alzheimer's Reading Room

When a UTI Goes Undetected in an Dementia Patient

Urinary Tract Infection, You Can Learn From My Experience

+Bob DeMarco , +Alzheimer's Reading Room

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Dementia For Schools

Creating a Dementia Friendly Generation

The young people of today are the employers, employees and carers of tomorrow. Six key reasons have been identified for educating young people about dementia:

1. Young people want to know
2. Increased exposure of young people to dementia
3. Wrong exposure gives the wrong message
4. Optimum learning – relevant to wide parts of the national curriculum, especially PHSE/ PSHEEC
5. The right disorder for connecting first and last generations
6. Public health and early opportunities for health education

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Dementia For Schools

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Let Them Do It

Almost every day I am reminded of one of the most important things I learned about Alzheimer's caregiving.

Several months after my great Alzheimer's caregiver experiment, I received one of the biggest shocks of my Alzheimer's caregiver life. 

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Just Let Them Do It

+Bob DeMarco
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