On a Personal Note: Heather Deming
“My name is Heather Deming and my husband Bill and I feel privileged to share our story with you. We are learning to increase our understanding of this baffling disorder with the goal that...
Tagged: dementias
California Advocacy Day: rainy and inspiring!
It was a soggy morning in Sacramento, but more than 200 dedicated Alzheimer’s Association volunteer advocates still showed up in good spirits to the 2012 Advocacy Day at the State Capitol. Among them: people...
Can vitamins ward off Alzheimer’s?
There have been a couple of recent articles about common vitamins and their effect on individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. I thought it was a great opportunity to recap some of these supplements and what...
Film accurately portrays Alzheimer’s – but will it inspire advocates or drive them away?
To prove to you how lacking I am in movie trivia, I did not realize that “A Separation” won the Academy Award for best foreign film until I went to see it yesterday. Having...
New Alzheimer’s Association Alzheimer’s Disease Facts & Figures Report
Today we released the 2012 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts & Figures Report. This year’s report has some new information. I’m struck by two things in particular: 1.) The report found that Medicare payments for an...
Benefit in longer term use of Aricept?
In a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers in the UK studied nearly 300 people with moderate or severe Alzheimer’s who had been treated with donepezil for at least...
Alz Profile: Charles K. Kao, Nobel Prize Winner
On December 10, 2009, Mountain View, Calif. resident Charles K. Kao, Ph.D. received the Nobel Prize in Physics “for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication.” But instead of...
Memories in the Making: Winter Berries by Fermin
Memories in the Making is an Alzheimer’s Association art therapy program for individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. Volunteer facilitators help people with dementia – many of whom often have no art background –...
