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Carol Steinberg

Putting Memory on the Radar Screen

Each November since 2003, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America has held National Memory Screening Day. This year is no different: the event takes place November 16. But what is different this time around is the urgency and significance of the initiative. I always get asked by reporters: why memory screening day? The answer is rather... Read more Chevron

posted 11/15/2010, comment (1)|

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Lori C

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Alzheimers Caregiver

I have been a caregiver for an Alzheimers patient for nearly two years, prior to this I had no experience with this condition. I started out just going over for a few hours a day, making sure she got her medication, and meals and such. Then I began taking her to all of her doctors appointments, and managing all of her medication as well as... Read more Chevron

posted 11/10/2010, comment (1)|

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In-home care and nursing home

Many people often wonder when is the good time to send the dementia elders to the nursing home and how long should the elders be kept at a private home. There are many articles that talk about it. There are many good ideas in the website eldercarelink. For families, this is a tough question and every elder is different. There is no... Read more Chevron

posted 11/01/2010, comments (3)|

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Barry Pankhurst

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A British subject and expatriate that now resides in Indonesia

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Tidal wave, earthquake & Featured Poet of the month all in one week

My dear friends Just thought that now the internet is back on line I'd best send you a message to let you all know that all is well in the area of Indonesia where we live which is some distance away from the two devastated areas, the only problems it caused up until today was that the internet service went down and we kept having... Read more Chevron

posted 10/28/2010, comment (1)|

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Suddenly a caregiver..how to make a person's last years worth living.

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A Promise Fulfilled

Mom suffered a head injury which resulted in accelerated dementia. I left my business in CA and moved to FL to be her caregiver. From the day I told her she was going to die until she died in her sleep, I cared for her and tried to make her life worth living. All she asked was that she die in her own bed in her own home. The last year we purchased... Read more Chevron

posted 10/22/2010, comments (4)|

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