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Keeping the aging mind active cuts dementia risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Elders who work crossword puzzles, play cards, partake in artistic and organizational activities, and attend movie or theater productions may halve their risk for dementia, report researchers from France.
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2009 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures
2009 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures providers a statistical resource for U.S. data related to Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia, as well as other dementia.
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Chronic Stress Reduces Alzheimer Caregiver Life by 4-8 Years
Sept. 18, 2007 - Informal caregivers may find their lives are shortened by four to eight years due to the stress of caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease, new research by the Ohio State University and National Institute on Aging reveals. The study also shows that the effects of chronic stress can be seen both at the genetic and molecular level.
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Easing the Transition from Driver to Passenger
The most effective approach to limit or stop driving involves progressive steps and a combination of strategies that fit the family's circumstances, resources and relationships. For people in the early stages of dementia, driving is best reduced over time rather than all at once.
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Chronic Stress Reduces Alzheimer Caregiver Life by 4-8 Years
Sept. 18, 2007 - Informal caregivers may find their lives are shortened by four to eight years due to the stress of caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease, new research by the Ohio State University and National Institute on Aging reveals. The study also shows that the effects of chronic stress can be seen both at the genetic and molecular level.
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The Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center
What Happens Next?
About 4.5 million people in the United States have Alzheimer's disease, and almost half of them -- nearly 2.2 million people -- are in the early stages of the disease. In the years to come, these numbers are expected to grow.
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Valuing the Invaluable: A New Look at the Economic Value of Family Caregiving
The contributions of America's family caregivers, along with many friends and neighbors, often go unrecognized in public policy discussions about the financing and costs of health care and long-term services and supports ...
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Imaging Compound IDs Telltale Signs of Alzheimer's
Scientists have confirmed that an imaging agent known as Pittsburgh Compound B binds to abnormal protein growth in the brain that are a signature of Alzheimer's disease...
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Scientists Find New Genetic Clue to Cause of Alzheimer's Disease
January 14,2007 - Variations in a gene known as SORL1 may be a factor in the development of late onset Alzheimer's disease, an international team of researchers has discovered. The genetic clue, which could lead to a ...
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New Brain Imaging Compound Shows Promise For Earlier Detection of Alzheimer's Disease
December 20,2006 - A new imaging molecule that can detect and map plaques and tangles in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease could eventually lead to earlier diagnosis of the devastating disease, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles report in the ...
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Mental Exercise Helps Maintain Some Seniors' Thinking Skills .
December 19,2006 - Certain mental exercises can offset.some of the expected decline in older adults’ thinking skills and show promise for maintaining cognitive abilities needed to do everyday tasks such as shopping, making meals and handling finances, according to a new study.
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Adult Children: the likelihood of providing care for an older parent.
This Profile provides an overview of adult children who are primary caregivers to an older parent that needs assistance performing one or more basic everyday activities.
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Can Alzheimer’s Disease Be Prevented? (PDF - 554K)
Alzheimer’s Could Be Diabetes-like Illness, Study Suggests
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So Far Away - Twenty Questions for Long-Distance Caregivers (PDF - 5MB)
The National Institute on Aging (NIA), a component of the National Institutes of Health, now offers two free booklets designed to help people with limited literacy skills learn about Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and memory loss. Read more...
In conjunction with 18th Annual Public Policy Forum in Washington, D.C., the Alzheimer's Association has released a new report titled Early Onset Dementia: A National Challenge, a Future Crisis http://www.alz.org/News/06Q2/060606_report.asp.The report urges the federal government to support a research project that would determine how many people in the United States have early onset Alzheimer's disease, which occurs before age 65. There may be as many as half a million people in the U.S. who have early onset Alzheimer's disease. Current public policies do not address their unique needs either because their condition is at first undiagnosed or they do not quality for existing public or private assistance programs. As diagnostics improve and awareness increases - more people will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at younger ages.
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Alzheimer's Association Adds Online Forum for People Living with Early-Onset Dementia
Recognizing the unique challenges that come with early-onset Alzheimer's (diagnosed before age 65), the Alzheimer's Association has added a new forum to its online community at www.alz.org, specifically for people affected in this way. This new forum allows people living with early-onset Alzheimer's to share suggestions, discuss issues and provide support to each other 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. An estimated 500,000 people in this country have early-onset dementia, according to a recent Alzheimer's Association report.