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Caregiving
- Coping with Emotional Changes
- Coping with Memory Loss
- Costs and Insurance
- Creating a Daily Routine
- Exercise
- Health and Wellbeing of the Caregiver
- Home Safety Adjustments
- Mental Exercises
- Respite Care
- Talking to Children about Alzheimer's
- Talking to Friends about Alzheimer's
- Telling Someone They Have Alzheimer's
- Transition to Assisted Living
- Transition to Nursing Home
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Dementia Patch
Dementia is a brain disorder with permanent loss of memory or other higher cognitive function.. Dementia can either be progressive, such as in
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Alzheimer's Medication Exelon in Patch Form: A Tricky Solution for...
Yesterday, the FDA approved the first skin patch version of Exelon, a drug to treat mild or moderate dementia in patients with Alzheimer's.... Read more »
Exelon Skin Patch? Delivering Alzheimer's Drugs Through Patches Can...
On Monday, Novartis, a pharmaceutical giant, received U.S. approval for the Exelon Patch, which delivers a treatment for Alzheimer's... Read more »
Different Dementias, Different Approaches: Part III
As I journey through the dementias I have experienced as a hands-on caregiver, I come to my uncle Wilkes. His wife was my mother’s older... Read more »
Living With Dementia: Changes in Dementia Status
Dementia is not pleasant for the one suffering from it. My vascular dementia seems to be changing a bit, probably due to my blood sugars... Read more »
Living with Dementia: Dementia Just Makes The Job Harder, Not...
One should be very careful when promising something. I never imagined the scenario I am now living through when I promised to take... Read more »
From Our Sources
Exelon patch could be available soon, researcher says
The first skin patch to deliver medication to Alzheimer's patients could be available soon, a researcher reports. The patch, which delivers the... Read more »
Blog: Anti-Alzheimer's patch?
An Alzheimer's vaccine may one day be available as a skin patch, new research suggests. Researchers at the University of South Florida say that the... Read more »
FDA Approves Skin Patch for Treating Depression
You can wear a patch to quit smoking, a patch to fend of pregnancy, and pretty soon, youll be able to wear a patch to treat depression. Emsam, an... Read more »
News Break: New Skin Patch for Treating Depression
The FDA has approved EMSAM (selegiline), a transdermal patch, for the treatment of major depression. Selegeline is a MAOI originally used to treat... Read more »
Breaking News: FDA Approves Skin Patch for Treating Depression...
You can wear a patch to quit smoking and a patch to fend of pregnancy. Pretty soon, youll be able to wear a patch to treat depression. Emsam, an... Read more »
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