Tag Archives: Alzheimer’s Disease

Healthy Diet Tips for Alzheimer’s Patients

May 16, 2008 – 7:59 pm

Caring for an individual living with Alzheimer’s disease can be extremely challenging, particularly when the caregiver is trying to make sure that the individual is getting a healthy and nutritious diet.
Fairly often the individual loses interest in food. This may be in the early stages, often due to depression, or in the later stages when [...]

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Explaining the Cause of Alzheimers Disease

May 1, 2008 – 10:53 pm

Alzheimer’s disease is an extremely upsetting form of dementia which can be characterized in numerous ways. It’s a progressive illness which worsens over time and is devastating to both the patient and their loved ones. Alzheimer’s disease can initially be subtle in its onset with just occasional lapses in memory and thought processes spotted by [...]

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Alzheimers’ Disease Prevention Requires Early Diagnosis

April 7, 2008 – 10:22 pm

The most crucial part of Alzheimer’s disease prevention involves early detection. Early detection doesn’t qualify as a cure, naturally, but it makes the illness controllable in the way diabetes is controllable. Alzheimer’s can currently never be cured. While researchers are at present looking for structural changes in the brain and markers in spinal and cerebral [...]

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Denial and Acceptance in Alzheimers Diagnosis

March 5, 2008 – 7:43 pm

When a person is diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease, they fluctuate between periods of acceptance and denial. They do not want to think or do something about it. Nobody can blame them. They have just been handed a life sentence of doubt.
When do they stop recognizing loved ones? How can they cope? They do [...]

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