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posted 11/25/2009, comments (5)
Hi gang!
I have continued to fight for moms best heath care. We have seen mom in the hospital way to much and she has been in a Skilled Nursing home for 3 months. She still has a leg infection but it is starting to improve after three surgery's. I go from hearing she might loose her leg to improvement! We think she might be home back into her... Read more
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posted 11/24/2009, comments (2)
Kuru, A Very Rare Type of Dementia, Caused by Cannibalism
A recent report in the New England Journal of Medicine on research carried out by scientists at the Medical Research Council Prion Unit, shows that a strong genetic resistance to a disease called kuru (meaning trembling with fear) has occurred in a matter of decades as a direct response to it. Kuru is an extremely rare form of dementia... Read more
posted 11/24/2009, comments (4)
Dementia - When Improvement Brings Joy
For the past eleven months, I've observed my 88 year old mother's intellect slowly diminish. The hardest thing to deal with has been the delusions and false beliefs. Her personality was changing and many things that were always mom were no longer mom. Even in those little things like food preferences, she claimed to... Read more
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posted 11/23/2009, comment (1)
Kentucky Partnership Works with Churches to Educate, Support African-Americans with Dementia
Churches play an important part in so many communities. Therefore, I find it very interesting when medical professionals identify how they can work together with the faith community to help educate key congregations about Alzheimer’s. That’s what happening in the African-American Dementia Outreach Partnership (AADOP), a project... Read more
