August 28, 2015

Today's Top Alzheimer's News

USA2 SPOTLIGHT 

ICYMI: An August 11, 2015 UsAgainstAlzheimer’s blog post by Rev. Dr. Richard Morgan, founder of the UsAgainstAlzheimer's Clergy Network, reflected on the importance of Alzheimer’s support groups. According to Dr. Morgan, “As the incidence of this disease grows, the need for Alzheimer’s support groups will also increase. At our last meeting, a member of the group was extremely emotional about placing her loved one in a veteran’s hospital. One of the group, who had to do the same difficult thing, reached out to her and offered understanding and comfort. This is the heart and soul of Alzheimer’s support groups – members helping one another, bearing their burdens with them. We constantly remind caregivers that no act of love is ever wasted.”


MUST READS

An August 27, 2015 Buzzed article reported that “Taiwanese industrial designer Sha Yao was inspired to create a tableware set by her late grandmother who suffered from Alzheimer’s.” 

An August 27, 2015 Next Avenue interview with author Jonathan Kozol highlighted his new memoir “The Theft of Memory: Losing My Father One Day at a Time.” According to Kozol, “There are those who say that once a person has Alzheimer’s that person ceases to be the person we know. As one journalist in Boston put it recently: pray for them to die as soon as possible. But I never prayed for my father to die. I cherished every moment with him. I wanted him to live as long as he took any satisfaction in his own existence.” Check out our Alzheimer's Talks with Jonathan Kozol here.


RESEARCH, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY 

An August 27, 2015 UPI.com article reported that “Fatty acid deposits in the brain may contribute significantly to the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease, researchers discovered in a recent study.”

An August 27, 2015 WLRN.org article reported that “Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach and University of Florida Health just got 1.5 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to run the only full-time Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center in the state to try and combat these numbers.”

An August 26, 2015 The Guardian article reported that “A study, published in the journal Neurology, found that people with dementia tended to lose awareness of memory problems two to three years before the condition developed.”