TLDR: This list does not automatically mean someone has dementia—other causes may include drugs, stress, mental illness, or other medical conditions. Seek medical help before jumping to conclusions.
I wish I’d had this article 10 years ago. 20/20 hindsight, my partner in her early 50s went through years of prodromal (beginning signs of) Alzheimer’s before receiving a diagnosis at age 61. The list is scary-accurate.
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/be-strong-in-the-broken-places-my-journey-with-alzheimers/
Alzheimer’s is a disease that can take 20 years or more to run its serpentine course. Experts say the pathology...
https://www.jibc.ca/sites/default/files/community_social_justice/pdf/cl/Life_Stress_Self_Assessment_(Holmes_and_Rahe).pdf
https://triblive.com/local/regional/feds-nursing-home-operator-trying-to-sell-off-assets-prior-to-trial-in-labor-case/
Nursing home operators facing criminal and civil charges for health care fraud and unfair labor practices are now being accused by the federal government of trying to sell off assets prior to trial to avoid any financial judgments that may be imposed. Comprehensive Healthcare Management Services found a buyer for
https://www.beingpatient.com/do-quest-alzheimers-ad-detect-tests-work/
Almost anyone can take this quick test for Alzheimer’s without even going to the doctor. Some neurologists are saying it’s a terrible idea.
The Dutch “dementia village,” De Hogeweyk, discussed in a paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians:
An Al Jazeera video on a care home in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/101-east/2020/5/1/thailands-last-resort/
https://tricycle.org/magazine/thought-meditation/
How to behave more like a lion and less like a dog
https://www.beingpatient.com/how-to-talk-to-someone-with-aphasia-speech-loss/
Deborah Hersh of Curtin University in Western Australia shares strategies to best support individuals living with aphasia.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230721/e280a209Hundreds-of-proteins-and-mrna-molecules-mislocated-in-ALS-nerve-cells.aspx
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have shown that hundreds of proteins and mRNA molecules are found in the wrong place in nerve cells affected by Motor Neuron Disease (MND), also known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
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