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Alzheimers Disease August 2004 Archive

From Carrie Hill, PhD, for About.com

Empowerment & Advocacy

Sunday August 29, 2004
One of the most important facets of Alzheimer's care is to promote practice that affirms the worth of people with dementia. It is not only people with Alzheimer's and other Read More...

A Caregivers Bill of Rights

Thursday August 26, 2004
Caregivers often carry unrealistic expectations of themselves. They feel guilty when things go wrong, feel their emotions should be bottled up and have difficulty in accepting that they have a Read More...

Physical Causes of Challenging Behavior

Monday August 23, 2004
When a diagnosis of dementia is made it becomes all too easy to consider aggression, shouting or other forms of challenging behavior as a feature of the disease. The later Read More...

Safety in the Home

Monday August 16, 2004
For this article I'm turning attention to safety in the home. Everyone has good ideas when it comes to preparing a comfortable and safe environment. I've plotted out a few, Read More...

Brains over brawn

Wednesday August 11, 2004
The type of occupation you are involved will either increase or decrease your risk of Alzheimer's - so says recent research.

Quality of Life

Tuesday August 10, 2004
Putting your life on hold is fine if you have a short-term illness but with a disease like Alzheimer's it is important to hold on to what is best in Read More...

Volunteering for Alzheimer's Research

Friday August 6, 2004
At some point in drugs research and development the new products must be tested on human volunteers. It may seem a great idea to volunteer for a trial that holds Read More...
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