Here is a great article for anyone who is caring for an aging loved one with Alzheimer’s. Visit us at www.eldercareathome.org for help with a loved one in the area.
Many Alzheimer’s Patients Find Comfort in Books
Familiar music can engage those with Alzheimer’s when almost nothing else can, researchers have shown. Now it appears that books written for these patients may have a similar effect.
Researchers have found in a number of studies that reading can improve a patient’s quality of life. The meanings of written sentences can be understood by — and prompt cogent responses from — even those who have difficulty handling verbal exchanges.
Caregivers may be surprised to learn that reading ability is not always destroyed by Alzheimer’s.
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Here is a great article from the Wall Street Journal. For help with an aging loved one in the West Palm Beach FL area, visit www.eldercareathome.org.
How to Outsmart Alzheimer’s
New Effort Tries to Fight Disease With Word, Math Games, Even Wii for Exercise
By AMY DOCKSER MARCUS
Doctors frustrated by a lack of a cure, or even an effective treatment, for Alzheimer’s disease are trying a new approach: preventing the disease altogether.
A new project, the Cognitive Fitness and Innovative Therapies, or CFIT, is trying to keep people at risk for Alzheimer’s intellectually and physically fit with quizzes and other cognitive challenges to see if onset of the disease can be delayed, perhaps indefinitely. The program, which is being advised by many famous names in Alzheimer’s research and treatment, also promotes diet changes and maintaining a social life to try to slow cognitive decline and lower the risk for Alzheimer’s.
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