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Alzheimers Disease in the Black Communities
African Americans experiencing health disparities is not new. In fact, according to former Surgeon General of the United States and Honorary Chair of the African American Network Against Alzheimer’s, Dr. David Satcher, race based health disparities in...
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Music Therapy fighting Dementia - Alzheimers
Zekel Healthcare - How an iPod Can Fight Alzheimer’s and Dementia. The concept is elegantly simple: Provide a dementia sufferer with an MP3 player that has been loaded with music tailored to their taste. Let them listen. Ask them about it.As a researcher,...
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Gen X - Senior Living Alone
According to the U.S. Census, 11.3 million people, almost 30 percent of those aged 65 and older in the U.S., live alone. For women aged 85 and older, that number grows to more than half. Many of those are afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia....
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Whitney Houston and Music Therapy
Creative arts therapy is a therapeutic discipline that utilizes creative arts. Generally, creative arts is the expression of one's self through art, dance, drama, writing, and music. In most instances, artists tend to focus more on the final product as...
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Music iPad Alzheimers Playlist
Those of us who have loved ones with Alzheimer’s or dementia can start music therapy projects of our own. Create a playlist on your computer or iPad using a music streaming service like Spotify and Pandora or consider buying your loved one a simple MP3...
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Swearing Report Awareness
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. —Quintilian 1. Pain relief. Swearing activates the so-called 'fight or flight' response, leading to a surge of adrenaline and a corresponding analgesic effect. Richard Stephens of Keele...
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Alzheimers Update
Alzheimer's disease poses real challenges for both the person diagnosed with AD and to those who assume caregiving responsibilities. This does not mean that there will no longer be times of joy, shared laughter and companionship. AD often develops gradually,...
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Alzheimers Disease Awareness
Alzheimer's disease. In people age 65 and older, Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. People generally may develop symptoms after age 60, but some people may have early-onset forms of the disease, often as the result of a defective...
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Alzheimers Disease a Humanitarian Crisis that Leaves Patients Needing
Humanitarianism is a moral of kindness, benevolence, and sympathy extended to all human Christian philanthropy tended to deprecate reform as political. In contrast, the humanitarian movement thought reform essential to remove abuses. Washington, DC –...