Battling Alzheimer

I suppose it’s a little backwards, but I want to take a moment to explain WHY I take a day each week to give recipes. It might seem a little out of place, given that this is a site dedicated to battling Alzheimer’s disease and not diabetes or weight loss.

However, it really doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that caregivers are stressed out, run down and in need of help. They are grieving on one hand and trying to balance their many responsibilities on the other. In general, caregivers tend NOT to take care of themselves. They often let their own health needs go unattended as they attempt to care for their loved ones.

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Monday, June 30, 2008

Flurizan, an experimental drug that had been undergoing late-stage testing, failed to show benefits for easing the memory loss and thinking problems of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Carol O’Dell, Caring.com’s Family Advisor and author of the memoir Mothering Mother, wrote a fantastic piece about one of those frightening topics we’d all rather not think about: elder suicide. But the fact that seniors have the highest suicide rates of any age group is one that we simply can’t afford to ignore.

Why are older people at such high risk for suicide? Depression is the biggest culprit, and it’s a condition that often goes undiagnosed in seniors. Some other factors that lead to suicide include debilitating illness, chronic pain, financial difficulties, isolation, and loss of a loved one or pet.

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