"When geropsychologist Benjamin Mast evaluates dementia clients at his University of Louisville research lab, there’s a question some people of faith ask him: 'What if I forget about God?' It’s a query that reflects the struggles of people facing diseases like Alzheimer’s."
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"Craig Burns first started to notice something was awry with his thought processes when he was 53 years old. The administrative responsibilities he carried as the Red Cross provincial manager for client services in B.C./Yukon, were becoming a challenge. He started to forget things and had to review reports he had just completed thinking he missed something."
"'There are hundreds of medical studies that prove that there is a direct relation between the gait analysis and many neurological diseases like Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, sclerosis and others,' Oumnia explained. '[With our technology], footwear will become a tool to detect a risk of disease and send a warning message to the person to visit a doctor due to the mobility disorder detected by the shoe.'"
"Ask people about what they worry might happen later in life, and dementia often ranks high on the list. The disease can have a far-reaching impact on a person’s independence, family, and retirement plans. But there are steps people can take to help, ideally before a diagnosis, but even after."
"My mom is in her early 70s and has been diagnosed with advancing Alzheimer’s disease. She is very fit and lives at home with caregivers helping her. She seems very bored with her limited activities and is starting to exhibit undesirable behaviors of aggression and agitation. Do you have any suggestions to make her life more meaningful and less dull? "
"Three years ago, Ron Robert was “shocked” and distressed over his Alzheimer’s diagnosis – but instead of letting the disease get the better of him, it has inspired a brand new chapter of his life."
"Like literally millions who have lost a loved one to Alzheimer’s disease, my family was devastated when my grandfather, Stanley Friedman, was taken from us. The heartbreak seemed to happen in slow motion. A kindly man whose smile could light up a room, he was a retired engineer, avid golfer, and sports fan. First, he started forgetting things."
"The tale of how my parents met and their subsequent love story was a thing of legend, in my mind. My mother, a New York socialite-turned-hippie, was in Miami Beach gallivanting at a friend's notoriously festive mansion. "
“'You don’t look like you have dementia.' On the couch of his Orléans home between his wife of 15 years, Robin Meyers, and Bernese mountain dog, Brooklyn, Keith Barrett is the picture of a life well lived."
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"My husband of 50 years passed away shortly before Christmas this year. He’d had Alzheimer’s and naturally everyone — family and friends both — views his death as a blessing. They’re not wrong. Alzheimer’s is a terrible, terrible disease. I wouldn’t wish it on anybody. And, because I was my husband’s primary caregiver, the past few years have been unbelievably challenging."