Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Hits Close to Home
Alzheimer’s disease effects more adults than you might think. Recently June Gallup, RN, at Cornerstone VNA and Hospice in Rochester New Hampshire shared with us her brother’s journey with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. This week the Alzheimer’s Association, Massachusetts and New Hampshire Chapter posted a 6-minute film documenting their experience with the disease. Early-onset Alzheimer’sContinue reading “Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Hits Close to Home”
Caring for patients with dementia amid COVID-19 is a challenge for elder care facilities
Caring for patients with dementia amid COVID-19 is a challenge for elder care facilities
Link Between Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease Explored
Alzheimer’s disease affects those with Down Syndrome at a far higher rate than the general population. People with Down syndrome are born with an extra copy of chromosome 21, which carries the APP gene. This gene produces a specific protein called amyloid precursor protein (APP). Too much APP protein leads to a buildup of proteinContinue reading “Link Between Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease Explored”
The Forgetting
Twice-monthly National Public Radio’s affiliate, WCAI, produces a half-hour podcast show dedicated to dementia and Alzheimer’s issues facing Americans. The show, called The Forgetting, is co-hosted by two well-respected Alzheimer’s experts: David Shenk author of The Forgetting: Alzheimer’s, Portrait of an Epidemic and Greg O’Brien, author of On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s. O’BrienContinue reading “The Forgetting”
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