Learning How to Communicate with Someone Suffering From Alzheimer's

As I thought about this I came to a simple conclusion. Instead of trying to change Alzheimer's World, instead of trying to fight Alzheimer's World, not only would I accept Alzheimer's World as a reality, I would go into Alzheimer's World and learn how to communicate effectively...

By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room

Earlier today, Carole Larkin published an interesting article -- How the Loss of Memory Works in Alzheimer’s Disease, and How Understanding This Could Help You.

The article described in layman's terms how problems with short term memory are directly related to the region of the brain known as the hippocampus; and, how when this brain region stops functioning properly a person losses their ability to store information.

A person suffering from Alzheimer's disease can hear you and even respond to you. What they can't do is remember what the hell you just said. Well, in layman's terms anyway.

I grappled with this problem several years ago as I was constructing my own understanding of how Dotty was thinking (or not thinking) and feeling. I named the parallel universe that Dotty lives in -- Alzheimer's World.

Bob DeMarco Discusses Alzheimer's Disease on Sidewalks

In a special segment, Bob DeMarco, a veteran Wall Street executive whose mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and neurologist Dr. Mark Brody discuss Alzheimer's Disease with "Sidewalks Entertainment" host Cindy Rhodes....

Bob DeMarco is the Founder of the Alzheimer's Reading Room.

White House Conference on the Challenge of Alzheimer's Disease in the United States

The information contained in the video is valuable and important. This presentation leaves no doubt that Alzheimer's disease is a threat to our citizens, and a threat to the financial well being of our nation.

Alzheimer's Caregiver Just Let Them Do it

clipped from www.alzheimersreadingroom.com

Several months after my great Alzheimer's caregiver idea...I received one of the biggest shocks of my Alzheimer's caregiver life...A shock that sent me into a tailspin like I had never experienced previously in my life -- it sent me to the edge of total despair....

Original content Bob DeMarco, the Alzheimer's Reading Room

100 Million Adults Touched by Alzheimer's

HBO Alzheimer's Project / Harris Interactive Census

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Alzheimer's Reading Room: 100 Million Adults Touched by Alzheimer's

Newly Discovered Antibody May Be Body's Natural Defense Against Alzheimer's (Gammagard)

In what could prove to be an important development in the search for a treatment of Alzheimer's disease, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center physician-scientists say the results of an initial (Phase I) clinical study provide encouraging evidence that antibodies derived from human plasma can capture the beta-amyloid protein in blood and exert positive effects on patients' thinking abilities.


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