AlzheimersNotes.com 
It’s exciting when you’re asked to share your knowledge and story at another web site or blog.  My story concerning one situation with Mother, Resolutions Aren’t Static in an Alzheimer’s World, appeared at CareStation on the AGIS site.
As soon as we resolve to follow a specific agenda or schedule when caring for our family member with Alzheimer’s, everything changes! Thus, many of our New Year’s resolutions don’t remain static.
I hoped to share here the fact that even though your life and caregiving tactics may change frequently, you can get through it.  Mother’s Alzheimer’s condition often necessitated changes in my husband’s and my …read more

Just after Christmas, the New York Times ran number of articles on Alzheimer’s Disease as part of their Six Killers series. The Six Killers series looks aat the leading causes of illness and death in the United States – heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s Disease.
Here’s the links to the Alzheimer’s Disease articles just in case you missed them.
Finding Alzheimer’s Before a Mind Fails
When Both Parents Suffer Dementia, Children Suspect It is Also in Their Future
Disease Brings Drastic Changes to Patients, and Stress to Family Members
In the Absence of a Gene That Says …read more

  Photographs look past Alzheimer’s , an article by Henry Lehmann, in The Gazette at Canada.com, features interesting information about art Pascal Dufaux has done of his uncle who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. 
Alzheimer’s disease is both the subject and the title for Montreal artist Pascal Dufaux’s oddly penetrating photo-installation [of his uncle] now in one small room at Galerie Joyce Yahouda, according to the article.
“Taking photos of an Alzheimer’s patient!” you exclaim.  “I’d never do that.”
However, I find the photos we took of Mother, alone and with us, also remind us of happy times, as well as the bittersweet ones.  These are times when we …read more

A roundup of some of the research, news, and stories that have been released over the past week or so.
Stem cells ‘may reverse Alzheimer’s symptoms’ (Daily Mail, UK) – Scientists have moved a crucial step towards reversing symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease by using stem cells…(more)
Black, Hispanic Alzheimer’s Patients Live Longer Than Others (Medical News Today) – Black and Hispanic Alzheimer’s patients live longer than whites, Asian-Americans and American Indians who have the disease, according to a study published online Tuesday in the journal Neurology, HealthDay/U.S. News & World Report reports…(more)
Oils may cut Alzheimer’s risk (The Guardian, UK) – Eating a …read more

Is Alzheimer’s a Form of Diabetes? (Time Magazine)
Finding the Right Words (The Guardian Weekly) – a book with pictures to help those that are lost for words.
Progress Cited in Alzheimer’s Diagnosis (New York Times) – scientists report progress in the development of a blood test that can diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease.
Doctors Discuss Theories on Aging Brains (Los Angeles Times) – a discussion on normal cognitive aging.
Tooth Troubles Could Raise Dementia Risk (Washington Post)

Caring Today is written by experienced caregivers, provides practical advice and knowledge for familly caregivers. Articles and resources offer stress relief advice, expert opinions and a forum to discuss and ask questions.
Recent articles include ‘6 Ways to Bust a Bad Mood’ about dealing with caregiver blues, The Slipping Away Time about a son helping his mother face Alzheimer’s Disease, and When Caring Becomes Plural about a daughter caring for two ailing parents.
Articles and information is available at the Caring Today website. There is also a print magazine

I discovered the Brain Fitness Carnival the other day. Hosted by the Center of Emotional Wellbeing, the carnival featured over twenty interesting and informative articles relating to the brain and brain fitness. It’s well worth a visit.
There are two Alzheimer’s related articles in the carnival:
Make use of early Alzheimer’s Plateau from Med Journal Watch
Alzheimer’s Disease from B12 Patch.
Happy reading…

The June 18, 2007 issue of Newsweek has a number of interesting articles relating to Alzheimer’s disease and caregiving.
Confronting Alzheimer’s by Barbara Kantrowitz and Karen Springen
Talk Transcript: Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s
Remembering Mom – a podcast in which New Yorker Barri Falk talks about caring for her mother who lived with Alzheimer’s disease.
A Guide for Caregivers by Joan Raymond
Hooking Grandma Up by Alexandra Gekas – about easy ways to use technology to help take care of aging relatives.
The long Goodbye – a photographic journey

Alzheimer’s in the Family: Would you want to know that you had the disease? – Nordette writes a personal account of dealing with her mother’s disease and wondering about the possibility of her or her children also getting the disease.
Prevent or Delay Alzheimer’s Disease – a daughter of an Alzheimer’s patient searches the literature to find out what could prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Who watches out for the caregiver? Article includes tips for caregivers on how to take care of themselves as well.

Nature’s Place, a free monthly magazine about healthy eating that I pick up at the local Hannaford Supermarket, contained two articles about Alzheimer’s in the May issue.
These were “Green Tea for Your Green Matter” with information acquired from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2/06) and “Exercise to Stay Sharp” with data from the Annals of Internal Medicine (1/17/06).
The possibilities of drinking green tea to keep your mind sharp and the benefits of moderate, regular exercise to delay Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia in older people were explored with reference to studies in the above publications.