Changes in communication
Alzheimer's disease can gradually diminish a person's ability to communicate. Not only do people with dementia have more difficulty expressing thoughts and emotions, they also have more trouble understanding others. Here are some tips to help you ... [... more]
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Making Job Decisions
If you are still working when you are diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, you will need to make decisions about eventual changes in work life. The following suggestions may help you make decisions and discuss options with her employer. Talk to ... [... more]
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Inside the Brain: An Interactive Tour
The Brain Tour explains how the brain works and how Alzheimer's affects it. There are 16 interactive slides. As you view each slide, to highlight special features of each image. Then, click on the arrow to move to the next slide. Brain Tour in Arabic [... more]
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Legal capacity
Once a person is diagnosed with dementia, family and friends should help the person make legal plans. The sooner plans can begin, the more the person with dementia may be able to participate. Naming another person to make decisions on behalf of ... [... more]
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Treatments for cognitive symptoms
Health professionals often divide the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease into "cognitive" and "behavioral and psychiatric" categories. Cognitive symptoms affect memory, language, judgment, planning, ability to pay attention and other [... more]
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Focus on the person
For the person with Alzheimer's, activities structure the time. Activities also can enhance a person's sense of dignity and self-esteem by giving purpose and meaning to his or her life. Activities should be appropriate to the person and reflect ... [... more]
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Doing difficult tasks
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Medical evaluation
Researchers ISTAART Senior Housing Finder MAKE A DONATION Your gift will help us accelerate research and move closer to a cure. When Alzheimer's disrupts memory, language, thinking and reasoning, these effects are referred to as "cognitive ... [... more]
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Concerns about alternative therapies
A growing number of herbal remedies, vitamins and other dietary supplements are promoted as memory enhancers or treatments for Alzheimer's disease and related diseases. Claims about the safety and effectiveness of these products, however, are ... [... more]
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Senior Housing Finder
Library Services Workshops Quality Care Campaign Brain Health Salud del Cerebro E-mail News Updates MAKE A DONATION Your gift will help us provide programs for people affected by Alzheimer's. Senior Housing Finder There may come a time when the ... [... more]
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Treatments
Currently, there is no cure for Alzheimer's. But drug and non-drug treatments may help with both cognitive and behavioral symptoms. Researchers are looking for new treatments to alter the course of the disease and improve the quality of life for ... [... more]
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