Framework of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease

The Draft Framework for the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease.

The draft framework is structured around five ambitious goals:

• Prevent and Effectively Treat Alzheimer's Disease by 2025.
• Optimize Care Quality and Efficiency.
• Expand Patient and Family Support.
• Enhance Public Awareness and Engagement.
• Track Progress and Drive Improvement.

Goal 1: Prevent and Effectively Treat Alzheimer’s Disease by 2025

Read the entire draft here -- Framework of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease

Urinary Tract Infections, Urinary Incontinence, Poop (8 Articles)

How to beat urinary incontinence, identify or stop urinary tract infections, and deal with the dreaded Alzheimer's bowel movement problem -- Poop.

Urinary Incontinence (UI) is a stigmatized, underreported, under-diagnosed, under-treated condition that is erroneously thought to be a normal part of aging.

One-third of men and women ages 30-70 believe that incontinence is a part of aging (National Institute of Health, NIH).

Last 25 Alzheimer's Reading Room Articles

The Alzheimer's Reading Room is the number one source of information for the entire Alzheimer's community.

The site focuses on Alzheimer's disease, dementia, Alzheimer's caregivers, and the art of Alzheimer's caregiving. Each day, on average, 1,232 people are diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

This page contains the last 25 articles published on the Alzheimer's Reading Room.

The page updates dynamically, so you can bookmark the page to see the current list in real time.

Rewiring My Brain and Stepping into Alzheimer's World

Once you start to understand how things work in Alzheimer's World you get calm and comfortable. Once you get calm and comfortable you give off a better "vibe" to someone that has Alzheimer's.

By Bob DeMarco 
Alzheimer's Reading Room 

I would find a new way to communicate with my mother who was suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

I wrote that on my da Vinci pad in 2004. This was at the same time I was coming to another conclusion, something had to change and that something was me.

I did not perceived the changes in communication as being difficult. After all, I had been studying communication and decision making all the way back to college days, and ever since. I figured some practice and I would get the hang of it.

What I did not immediately perceive was how difficult it would be to change all the things I had learned over the course of my life. 


Continue Reading --

Rewiring My Brain and Stepping into Alzheimer's World

The Power of Positive Alzheimer's Caregiving

An eavesdropper might find our repetitive dialogue dull; I know it’s reassuring to my mother to have a response to every question or statement. I know if I listen to what Audrey is saying to me I can learn something new about our altered world.

By Pamela R. Kelley
March, 2010

View of Girdwood, Alaska
from Mt. Alyeska

Start living your life the way you always did.

We had such a lovely day, Audrey and me. Her respite caregiver called in sick, so we needed to seize the day. It would have been easy to stay at home, but a big, bright, warm sun beckoned.


Sure, it was only about 25 degrees outside. What could we expect for March in the north? What I proposed was a drive along the scenic byway that leads from Anchorage to the local ski resort in Girdwood, Alaska. Audrey was willing, and I knew that as soon as I had the car warmed up we would have 45 minutes to drive south and admire the mountains and the sea. Our postcard setting usually fosters contentment.

Continue Reading -- The Power of Positive Alzheimer's Caregiving

Dotty's First Conversation of 2012 (Podcast)

We start off 2012 with our first audio broadcast of Dotty, Harvey and Bob having a conversation in the kitchen.

Alzheimer's Reading Room

Dorothy DeMarco

Dotty's voice is very strong this morning. Last night she was up past midnight. We went to downtown Delray Beach to watch the fireworks and ring in the new year.

If you are patient and listen through the podcast you will get a few laughs.

Dotty is very entertaining on this first day of 2012.

Merry Christmas

Original content Bob DeMarco, the Alzheimer's Reading Room