can writing journals slow down the progress of the Alzheimer's Disease?
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The more active your mind is, and the more pathways you have built in your brain, the longer it takes for you to degenerate.  It's no guarantee.
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From the Geriatric Tactics Manual GM-25, ed. 1999...\n\n"...as elderly people often regress mentally into a childlike state, appropriate tactics to dealing witha difficult child can be used.....when the elderly patient is difficult or erascible, it is often because they are tired. In these cases, it is an acceptable tactic to set the clocks forward a couple of hours and use a rerun of Matlock to lull them to sleep...." (no nasty emails please, I'm just the messenger).\n\nI would say that while dishonesty is a sin in any form, I don't think the sin-o-meter will spin very hard against you on this one.  Grandma needs her sleep.  You need your sanity.
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Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, irreversible brain disorder with no known cause or cure. It attacks and slowly steals the minds of its victims. Symptoms of the disease include memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, personality changes, disorientation, and loss of language skills. Always fatal, Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of irreversible dementia. \n\nMore than 4.5 million Americans are believed to have Alzheimer’s disease and by 2050, the number could increase to 13.2 million. Approximately 59,000 victims die and 350,000 new cases of Alzheimer's disease are diagnosed each year. America is not alone in dealing with this terrible affliction. In every nation where life expectancy has increased, so has the incidence of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease is becoming tragically common. It is estimated that there are currently 18 million people worldwide with Alzheimer’s disease. This figure is projected to nearly double by 2025 to 34 million people. \n\nAlzheimer's Disease Research (ADR), a program of the American Health Assistance Foundation, was established in 1985 to fund research on and educate the public about Alzheimer's disease. Since the program's inception, ADR has awarded more than $46.8 million to support promising research in fields ranging from molecular biology to epidemiology. AHAF is honored to have played a role in Dr. Stanley Prusiner's Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1997 for his landmark research on prions. More than $1.2 million in research grants has been awarded to Dr. Prusiner through its ADR program to develop his prion theory as a model for Alzheimer's disease. \n\nAlzheimer's disease has a long history, although the disease wasn't given a name until the collection of symptoms was first described during the early part of the 20th century. Hopefully, during the early part of the 21st century we will help find the cure.
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There are many, check out the website below.  It depends on if you are looking for someone to treat an Alzheimer's patient, or if you are looking for someone who does basic science research into its causes.  Look for people at Alzheimer's disease centers (second link)
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i'd recommend MRI scan and yellow post-it notes so you can write things down if you need to remember them later.
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Alzheimers is hereditory. Meaning you're more likely to get it if you've had a parent/grandparent or any relative whos had the disease.
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It used to be Alzheimer's Disease. Now, it's just Alzheimer.
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Huh? please rephrase: do you want to write a journal about disabled children or do u want one written by disabled children or about them to read or horror of horrors a book on how to disable children(sorry NO HELP THERE THAT IS SICK AND WRONG AND IF THAT IS A YES SOMEONE WILL PROBLEBLY REPORT YOU)
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Very little is known at this point as to what causes Alzheimers.  Family history is a known risk factor.  Cheese consumption is not.
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Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disease, is the most common cause of dementia and characterised clinically by progressive intellectual deterioration together with declining activities of daily living and neuropsychiatric symptoms or behavioral changes. The most striking early symptom is memory loss (amnesia), usually manifest as minor forgetfulness that becomes steadily denser with illness progression, with relative preservation of older memories. As the disorder progresses, cognitive (intellectual) impairment extends to the domains of language (aphasia), coordinated movement (apraxia), recognition (agnosia) and those functions (such as decision-making and planning) closely related to the frontal lobe of the brain, reflecting extension of the underlying pathological process. This consists principally of neuronal (cell) loss (or atrophy), together with deposition of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Genetic factors are known to be important, and polymorphisms (variations) in three different autosomal dominant genes - Presenilin 1, Presenilin 2, and Amyloid Precursor Protein - \n\nDiagnosis\n\nThe diagnosis is made primarily by clinical observation and tests of memory and intellectual functioning over a series of weeks or months, with various physical tests (blood tests and neuroimaging) being performed to rule out alternative diagnoses. No medical tests are available to conclusively diagnose Alzheimer's disease pre-mortem, however.\n\nInterviews with family members and/or caregivers can be extremely important in the early phases as well, as the sufferer him/herself may tend to minimize his symptomatology or may be being observed on a day when his/her symptoms are in temporary dormancy.\n\nInitial suspicion of dementia may be strengthened by performing the mini mental state examination, after excluding clinical depression. Psychological testing generally focuses on memory, attention, abstract thinking, the ability to name objects, and other cognitive functions. Results of psychological tests do not easily distinguish between Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia but can be helpful in establishing the presence of and severity of dementia. They can also be useful in distinguishing true dementia from temporary (and more treatable) cognitive impairment due to depression or psychosis, which has sometimes been termed "pseudodementia".\n\nWhile expert clinicians who specialize in memory disorders can now diagnose AD with an accuracy of 85-90%, a definitive diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease must await the autopsy.
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keep a diary or meditate?
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The cause of Alzheimer’s disease is not known, but several theories of causality have been advanced. These theories propose genetic, environmental, viral, immunological, biochemical, and other causes for the disease.\nThe specific features of Alzheimer’s disease vary from individual to individual, but the general course of the disease is fairly consistent in most cases. The symptoms of the disease tend to be more severe at night. The first stage of Alzheimer’s disease is usually forgetfulness, accompanied by some anxiety and mild depression. This usually develops into a more serious loss of memory, especially of recent events, moderate spatial and temporal disorientation, loss of ability to concentrate, aphasia, and increased anxiety. This set of symptoms is usually followed by profound spatial and temporal disorientation, delusions, hallucinations, incontinence, general physical decline, and death.\n You may read these books for more information about the disease.\nEdwards, Allen. When Memory Fails. New York: Plenum, 1994.\nGregg, Daphna. Alzheimer’s Disease. Boston: Harvard Medical\nSchool Health Publications, 1994.
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Honestly hon, I don't think you writing all the time is a bad thing - from the age of 7 until I had my first child at 19, that's basically all I did, but it wasn't because I was misserable. I wrote in my spare time - after school, sometimes before school. If what you have is an addiction, I wonder what professional writters have LOL - If you're that concerned about it, I would try to set a limit as to how much you allow yourself to write each day. Don't stop doing something you love!!!
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I know this may sound tiring but I do it all the time and it gives me wonderful results. If you rewrite notes and think about them in your head or read them out loud while you write, you just spent a long while studying. You'll come to realize that you won't even need those notes.
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Sadly, this condition is commonly refered to as "Dementia" and clinicians have identified various stages an alzheimers patient goes through progressively as signs and symptoms of neurological decline advance.\nI have dealt with and cared for someone with Alzheimers in my personal life and in addition to some wonderful support groups, there are oppurtunities for you to "resbit" with them.\nBest Regards now and Always.
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I would write a poem to my mother.  She suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and knows that she is loosing her memory.  She has loved me unconditionally since before I was born, and believe me, I was just as frustrating as a child as I am as an adult.  My wife, I love passionately, but my mother I love so very deep.  I have a hard time expressing my emotions about this in just words, but perhaps a poem might do it.
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I have an LJ (LIveJournal) account and I am constantly updating. Personally, updating my LJ helps me cope. I have a pretty tough time sharing my thoughts of the day to people, and I find it easier to just write it all down online, where: 1. I can write massive amounts and my hand will not hurt (try doing doing that with paper and pen!) and 2. I know my friends will be able to read my entries and comment.