Dr. John Zeisel, director of Hearthstone Alzheimer Care, discusses Healing Gardens, a highly effective treatments for people Alzheimer’s Disease. These treatments help patients, caregivers and families break through the mental barriers put up by AD. This philosophy of treatment can be found in John Zeisel’s book I’M STILL HERE: A NEW PHILOSOPHY ON ALZHEIMER’S CARE
Dr. John Zeisel on ABC Chronicle (Boston) discusses unorthodox but highly effective treatments for people Alzheimer’s Disease–based on the Arts. These treatments help patients, caregivers and families break through the mental barriers put up by AD. This philosophy of treatment can be found in John Zeisel’s book I’M STILL HERE
As the Cookie Crumbles – Alzheimer’s disease using Multiple Sensory Interaction This is a short story of how to connect with an individual with Alzheimer’s disease. It shows how to use multiple sensory interactions to connect. Now updated – original was posted June 06, 2010 Prior 22 views
What is the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease? What is the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease? Dr. Denise Compton, a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in working with seniors in the Longevity Clinic at the UAMS Institute on Aging, answers the question. To schedule an appointment, please visit www.uamshealth.com
There is substantial evidence that an active mind helps increase the survival of neurons in the brain that are at risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. Chemicals in the brain called trophic factors, released during activity, may be at the heart of this saving effect.
Used with permission: This is documented testimonial of improvement in visual agnosia (the brain unable to interpret messages from the eyes) by a spouse who watched the session. Two assessments games prior to the directed painting session revealed the client had lost his “body map” (could not find his knee and tap it) and could not indentify objects in a picture. After a 30 minute session of MnemeTherapy® the client was able to successfully do a cross lateral tap and identify the subject matter of his painting (even naming the type of flower) and objects in the pictures shown to him prior to the session. MnemeTherapy® uses everyday pleasures, singing, movement, directed painting, storytelling and praise to stimulate synaptic development in some clients. MT is also used for children on the autistic spectrum. For more information, or to train to become a MnemeTherapist, visit our website: artwitoutboundaries.org
www.karmavision.tv When you ask Howard Ulene to sum up what it’s like to live with Alzheimer’s disease there’s no hesitation. Howard Ulene, Alzheimer’s disease patient, drug trial participant: “In one word, forgetfulness and in many words forgetfulness.” Once a savvy businessman, Howard Ulene is now using his entrepreneurial spirit to battle the disease. Howard Ulene, Alzheimer’s disease patient, drug trial participant: “What you have to do is get over the fear and be very maudlin and poignant about it and then say I’m going to beat you SOB because I simply won’t except this limited life.” About two years ago Howard joined a clinical drug trial for Alzheimer’s disease. The drug he received, now known as Flurizan, has just entered phase three of the drug trial. Sam Gandy, MD, Alzheimer’s Association: “Making it to phase three is really unprecedented and these are medicines the likes of which we’ve never seen before. I think the chances of hitting something successful in the next five years are very good.” There are nine new Alzheimer’s treatments in phase three trials-the final step before FDA approval. All offering hope to either slow down or prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s. Sam Gandy, MD, Alzheimer’s Association: “There are several steps leading from the beginning of the disease to what we see clinically, and what we hope to do is aim a different bullet, aim a different medicine at each of those steps.” For Howard, the improvement from taking Flurizan has been …
There is no cure for Alzheimer’s, but there are steps to slow its progression. www.WatchMojo.com learns about how Alzheimer’s affects sufferers and their families, about the treatment options available to manage it and about recent progress in research into the disease.
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