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posted 07/03/2008, comments (0)
A Call to Action: Grow the 'AFA Quilt to Remember'
Death may not be a good thing to keep harping on, but I feel the need to return to the subject of my last column, in which I highlighted the fact that Alzheimer's disease has moved up to the 6th leading cause of death in the nation. I, we, need to make a big deal out of it because it is too frightening a statistic to ignore. It requires... Read more
posted 03/16/2008, comments (7)
Paradise Costs-A Victim's Daughter Fights Back Against Elder Abuse
The goal of sharing information about elder exploitation, abuse, neglect, undue influence, etc. is to make readers aware of the nuances of elder abuse. Too many think elder abuse is tying a senior citizen to a bed and beating them physically. What we are addressing is psychological and emotional abuse leading to a deterioration in quality of life,... Read more
posted 11/26/2007, comments (3)
Books About Alzheimer's -- See Richard Taylor's Alzheimer's From the Inside Out
I just read a long review by Ms. Bradley Bursack (or Bursack Bradley, sorry) about a novel called The Almost Moon, and responded that there is another out recently by Lisa Genova, Still Alice. I have yet to read it, and am personally more interested in first-person accounts of those who are in early to middle stages, and as far as one can go. I... Read more
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