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Three extraordinary programs awarded $20,000 each in 5(th) year of national competition SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) and The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation are pleased to announce the recipients of the Fifth Annual Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards. The Awards program was established through a grant to FCA's National Center on Caregiving. A distinguished panel of...
CHICAGO, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Only recently has it become possible to create high-quality images of the brain plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease in living people through positron emission tomography (PET). Even so, questions remain about what can be learned from these PET images and which people should have this test. To provide guidance for physicians, individuals and families affected by Alzheimer's, and the public, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and...
The Alzheimer's Association selects 24HR HomeCare as a preferred provider. Culver City, CA (PRWEB) January 22, 2013 The Alzheimer's Association has designated 24HR HomeCare as a preferred provider of its California Southland Chapter’s 2012-13 Respite Program for the City of Los Angeles. The initiative gives selected families free in-home healthcare services. The institution's respite program determines and provides the amount of time and care needed to provide a full-time...
- Alzheimer's Association Statement - WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services approved recommendations to best address the Alzheimer's crisis. Those recommendations included efforts to bolster the development of new treatments that prevent or effectively treat Alzheimer's by 2025, strengthen and expand the delivery of much needed support for families, and enhance care quality and effectiveness. The...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently tested a promising new compound that could help reverse symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and restore memory in laboratory mice. Alzheimer’s is a form of degenerative dementia that can affect behavior, memory and thinking. While there is currently no cure, researchers continue to look at treatments for symptoms of the disease. The findings of the study were...
CHICAGO, Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Alzheimer's Association releases guidance to help health care providers detect cognitive impairment as part of the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit. While physicians are required to include detection of cognitive impairment as part of the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit, until today there has been no comprehensive guidance to physicians on how to accomplish that. Detecting possible cognitive impairment is the first step in...
Be on the lookout for the following physical and mental changes in your elderly loved ones this holiday season Richmond, VA (PRWEB) December 14, 2012 While getting together and visiting with family over the 2012 - 2013 holiday season, Seniors Guide Magazine and http://www.SeniorsGuideOnline.com suggest taking notice of the health and well being of aging family members. “As we see our elderly loved ones over the holidays, we may notice certain changes that require some attention,” says...
NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gentleman Norman, an adorable 12-year old Pomeranian known for his perfect social manners, will host "How to be a Man: a special Holiday Afternoon Tea at the Hotel Plaza Athenee" to benefit the New York City Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association next Saturday, December 8(th )from 2:30 to 5pm. "The Hotel Plaza Athenee has always been pet friendly, and we would like to celebrate the beginning of the Holiday season in a festively unique way, so...
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Experts predict the costs associated with caring for people with Alzheimer's disease will reach $1.1 trillion by 2050, largely due to the aging boomer population. Ten million are anticipated to develop the disease.(* )This represents a 500 percent increase in combined Alzheimer's care costs to Medicare and Medicaid in the next 38 years,(*) and forecasts an unsustainable burden on the U.S. health care system. Home Instead Senior Care(®),...
Majority of Adults Fear Disease, Want Greater Effort to Defeat It PHOENIX, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new survey shows nearly half of U.S. adults have a personal connection to Alzheimer's disease. According to a national survey for the Banner Alzheimer's Institute, the results also found more than seven in 10 adults, or 218 million Americans, worry about memory loss or the disease for themselves or a loved one. "Most Americans now realize how devastating this disease...
