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The Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all ... [... more]
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Types of care settings
There will come a time when a person with Alzheimer's disease will need more care than can be provided at home. The individual may need to move into residential care, such as assisted living or a nursing home. Planning for a move into a care ... [... more]
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Doing difficult tasks
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Sharing your diagnosis
When you learn that you have a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, you may hesitate to tell others. You may be coming to terms with the diagnosis yourself or fear that others may feel uncomfortable around you. It is true that your relationship with ... [... 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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Caring for your physical health
If you have Alzheimer's disease, it's important to understand that your life is not over. Living with Alzheimer's means dealing with some life changes sooner than you had anticipated. You can live a meaningful and productive life by taking care ... [... 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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Impact on African-Americans
As we age, most of us eventually notice some slowed thinking and problems remembering certain things. However, serious memory loss, confusion and other major changes in the way our minds work are Today more than 5 million people have Alzheimer's. ... [... more]
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Causes of agitation
A person with Alzheimer's may feel anxious or agitated. He or she may become restless and need to move around or pace. Or the person may become upset in certain places or focused on specific details. He or she may become over-reliant on a certain ... [... more]
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Offer reassurance
A hallucination is a false perception of objects or events involving the senses. When individuals Alzheimer's disease have a hallucination, they see, hear, smell, taste or feel something that isn't there. The person may see the face of a former ... [... more]
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Basic facts about the drug coverage
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Feelings and reactions
Alzheimer's disease impacts family life. Take the time to talk with the children and teens in your family so that they understand what is happening to the person with Alzheimer's. The degree to which children and teens are affected by the disease ... [... more]
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