Thought of the Week: How Strong We Are
We don’t know how strong we are,
until being strong is the only choice we have.
(Alzheimer’s Awareness)
We don’t know how strong we are,
until being strong is the only choice we have.
(Alzheimer’s Awareness)
It’s not that caregivers have so much time. It’s that they have so much heart.
God didn’t add another day in your life because you needed it. He added it because someone out there needs you.
Take it slow. Ask Simple questions. Limit reality checks. Keep eye contact.
Nobody has ever measured,
Not even the Poets,
How much a heart can hold. (Zelda Fitzgerald)
Every day may not be good… But there’s something good in every day.
We are all broken. That’s how the light gets in. Ernest Hemingway
Don’t just be good to others, Be good to yourself, too.
DEMENTIA is a group of symptoms common to over 50 disorders. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia. Learn about the 10 most common types of dementia.
We don’t know how strong we are,
until being strong is the only choice we have.
(Alzheimer’s Awareness)
TEDx: Lower your risk of Alzheimer’s with mealtime. Watch Dr. Neal Barnard, nutrition researcher and author, show you how.
FILM: “BARBARA” is a highly successful British film on dementia. It improves relationships between people with dementia, caregivers, doctors & nurses. “Barbara” is a must-see.
An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?
If you couldn’t see your mashed potatoes, you probably wouldn’t eat them. That’s why what “The Red Plate Study” found was astonishing! Alzheimer’s patients eating from red plates consumed 25 percent more food than those eating from white plates. Find out why.
Enjoy this great duet between a musician with dementia and his son. A triumph of spirit over Alzheimer’s! Sing-a-long if you like!
It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.
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