Did you know that every 71 seconds someone in America develops Alzheimer's?
World Alzheimer's Day, September 21, is a day when Alzheimer's associations around the world concentrate their efforts on raising awareness about Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Currently there are more than 26 million people across the world living with Alzheimer’s and that number will quadruple by 2050.
To find out what you can do to help, please visit http://www.actionalz.org/about_wad.asp.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Memory Walk
The Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk® is the largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer's in the nation. The Memory Walk is occurring September-November 2008 in communities nationwide.
Teams are the heart of Memory Walk - people working together to support the millions affected by Alzheimer's. Team up to have fun, make new friends and support a great cause.
Select a walk near you and register online. You will have access to your very own Web site that you can use as your fundraising headquarters. http://www.alz.org/memorywalk/team.asp
Walk and make a huge impact on helping people living with Alzheimer's!
Teams are the heart of Memory Walk - people working together to support the millions affected by Alzheimer's. Team up to have fun, make new friends and support a great cause.
Select a walk near you and register online. You will have access to your very own Web site that you can use as your fundraising headquarters. http://www.alz.org/memorywalk/team.asp
Walk and make a huge impact on helping people living with Alzheimer's!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Reflections, Suggestions, and Seed Thought
Reflections
Accept that the diagnosis, with all its implications, will have a profound impact on your marriage, relationship, or friendship. A diagnosis of Alzheimer's, or any form of dementia, marks a dramatic passage for everyone and naturally brings up strong, unpredictable feelings.
Suggestions
Develop a care plan for the immediate future--perhaps the first six months--because with this illness, circumstances keep changing and the care plan will need to evolve in response. Create a plan that addresses the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of the patient.
Besides the practical advantages of developing a care plan, you can have a strategic discussion about how you hope to handle this illness. What hopes, attitudes, and convictions might you bring to the situation? Are there intentions you could set? Two words that guided us were consciously and lovingly.
Seed Thought
May I remember the positive things that uplift us.
Accept that the diagnosis, with all its implications, will have a profound impact on your marriage, relationship, or friendship. A diagnosis of Alzheimer's, or any form of dementia, marks a dramatic passage for everyone and naturally brings up strong, unpredictable feelings.
Suggestions
Develop a care plan for the immediate future--perhaps the first six months--because with this illness, circumstances keep changing and the care plan will need to evolve in response. Create a plan that addresses the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of the patient.
Besides the practical advantages of developing a care plan, you can have a strategic discussion about how you hope to handle this illness. What hopes, attitudes, and convictions might you bring to the situation? Are there intentions you could set? Two words that guided us were consciously and lovingly.
Seed Thought
May I remember the positive things that uplift us.
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