Stepping In for a Parent With Alzheimer’s By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD As my grandfather’s mind slipped away, first slowly, then quickly, as Alzheimer’s disease moved in, he tried to be reassuring. “I remember the important things,” he would tell us. And he did. He may not have remembered that Barack Obama was president or that [...]
May is Older American’s Month: Give Your Aging Loved One the Gift of Home Care Services The Administration on Aging focuses on a theme each year that promotes May as being older American’s month. This year the focus is on how much the older generation enhances the community by bringing inspiration and continuity. Technology too [...]
2011 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures alzheimers.org Recent surveys show: There are nearly 15 million Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers providing 17 billion hours of unpaid care valued at more than $202 billion. Alzheimer’s disease is the nation’s largest underfunded public health threat with an estimated 5.4 million Americans living with the disease. Alzheimer’s is the [...]
May is Arthritis Awareness Month Source: arthritis.org The Arthritis Foundation is the only national not-for-profit organization that supports the more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions. The Arthritis Foundation is the largest private, not-for-profit contributor to arthritis research in the world, funding more than $380 million in research grants since 1948. Celebrating its [...]
Generation Alzheimer’s Michelle Seitzer, seniorsforliving.com A new microsite has been developed by the Alzheimer’s Association, with the apt albeit unsettling title – “Generation Alzheimer’s: The Defining Disease of the Baby Boomers.” Facts like “An estimated 10 million baby boomers will develop Alzheimer’s” as listed on the site certainly affirm the severity of the impact that [...]