Alzheimer's and dementia caregiver voices / Alzheimer's champions / Stefanie, family care specialist
by sbonigut · Published June 20, 2012 · Last modified March 31, 2014
Our first guest blog today is from Vincent, who blogs about his experience caring for his mother with Alzheimer’s disease. I encourage you all to check him out at www.dementia-mama-drama.com What do you remember?...
Alzheimer's and dementia caregiver voices / Alzheimer's champions / Stefanie, family care specialist
by sbonigut · Published June 20, 2012 · Last modified March 31, 2014
Today is The Longest Day – Summer Solstice, the day with the most hours of daylight. And on this Longest Day, we are honoring people with Alzheimer’s disease and their care partners for the...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director
by eedgerly · Published June 18, 2012 · Last modified March 31, 2014
The third session of the day featured presentations on research in the area of cellular and molecular neuroscience – this portion of the day was packed with give research presentations! Robert Mahley, MD, Ph.D.,...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director
by eedgerly · Published June 18, 2012 · Last modified March 31, 2014
The symposium continues with a session focusing on research in the area of imaging and biomarkers. The first presenter was Dr. Miranka Wirth who spoke about neuroimaging biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease. They hypotheses of...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director
by eedgerly · Published June 18, 2012 · Last modified March 31, 2014
The annual Alzheimer’s Association, Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter Researchers Symposium is underway! This one-of-a-kind event brings together Alzheimer’s researchers from all over Northern California – this year to the Gladstone Institutes in...
Alzheimer's research news / Dr. Edgerly, Executive Director
by eedgerly · Published June 14, 2012 · Last modified April 14, 2014
We’ve known for quite some time now that more women than men get Alzheimer’s disease. In fact almost two thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s are women. However, much of this perceived disparity is often...
Alzheimer's and dementia caregiver tips / News and notes
by Alzheimer's Association · Published May 30, 2012 · Last modified April 14, 2014
Following a morning packed with information about research, the afternoon session of the Alzheimer’s Association education conference in Petaluma featured a panel discussion with four individuals who are currently caring for a loved one...
Alzheimer's and dementia caregiver tips / Alzheimer's research news / News and notes
by Alzheimer's Association · Published May 30, 2012 · Last modified April 3, 2014
It’s yet another packed house at our education conference today in Petaluma, Calif. The morning started with The Pathological Course of Alzheimer’s Disease: Why Finding a Cure Has Been So Hard by Owen Carmichael,...
