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Caring For the Elderly: Memory Loss

For those of you who don’t know, I live with my eighty year old grandmother and am one of her primary caretakers. Memory loss in the elderly is frustrating for everyone. The person who is starting to lose their memory (in this case, my grandmother) may go through a period of denial. They know that something isn’t right; they know they’re forgetting things or feel like they’re going crazy. My grandmother tries to cover for her forgetting in two ways: either she swears up and down that you never told her what you told her or she makes something up … Continue reading →

Early Detection For Alzheimer’s Disease

How many animals can you name in a minute? How many different types of fruit can you name in a minute? The answers may just give a clue to whether or not you are suffering from early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. A recent study asked the question of 136 volunteers, with surprising results. People with early signs of Alzheimer’s managed to name an average of ten to fifteen animals or fruits. Healthy adults managed twenty to twenty-five. Not a huge difference, but enough for researchers to be able to pick out early Alzheimer’s disease patients simply by their word lists. … Continue reading →