~HANDLING TROUBLING BEHAVIOR OF A LOVED ONE WITH DEMENTIA/ ALZHEIMER’S~ Some of the greatest challenges of caring for a loved one with dementia are the personality and behavior changes that often occur. You can best meet these challenges by using creativity, flexibility, patience and compassion. It also helps not to take things personally… [Continue Reading]
A specific dose of Alzheimer’s drug should be pulled from the market because it poses a risk to patients, according to a consumer group. The drug, donepezil, sold under the brand Aricept, is administered in several doses – the highest being 23 milligrams – for patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease. It is prescribed… [Continue Reading]
Even the threat of rain could not dampen the spirits of the advocates at the 2011 Alzheimer’s Association Advocacy Forum. The evening’s Candlelight Tribute Rally, scheduled to take place on the National Mall, was moved indoors to the Omni Shoreham Hotel as a thunderstorm approached the Washington, D.C., area. Safely inside, advocates gathered in… [Continue Reading]
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