My maternal side of the family are genetic carriers of early onset alzheimers. My mother was tested about 2 yrs ago and the doctors are pretty certain she has it now. Well she is in a big denial stage and wants an MRI and there is a LSW telling her she doesnt have the disease although dozens of tests say she does. What I want to know is if she is in the first stage of this disease if any signs of it will show up on this MRI? Professionals only please or people who have had the same experience….

i was told that my loved one has dimentia, but i need to know does she really have alzheimers and is dimentia one of the things you get from having alzheimers.and is shaking and or tremors one of the side affects.

My father, 73 has been told he has alzheimers. Is there any other disease that has the same symptoms? I have seen a commercial on tv about it. What is the name ? I want to have him tested but I don’t know the name.

Many people that have had to leave their home, or lost a mate, or are in extremely poor health etc. often are depressed. Are there people that go to help them work thru these difficulties in their life? For many years I worked as a nurse with the elderly. They often feel discarded. They ARE NOT WORTHLESS just because they can no longer perform. Too often people make them feel that way. If I knew how/had the training I’d want to be their advocate so they would know someone does care. My parents are unable to live on their own now due to alzheimers disease and heart problems and diabetes. It is so sad to see this happening. What will things be like when we, the younger generation get there?

im writing a paper and all i can find about geriatric mental diseases is stuff on alzheimers disease………i need some different ones………please help me

Just curious if anyone here does this. It’s a very large global community that uses the spare power of their computers to help find cures for cancer, alzheimers, parkinsons, etc. It is done through Stanford University. Personaly I think it’s a worthwhile cause.

http://folding.stanford.edu/
I think the chances of success are higher for this than SETI, also more worthwhile. I fold for team 11108, MaximumPC. The stats can be found at this link. It adds a bid of a sense of accomplishment and gives a friendly competativeness to it.

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When I studied 20 years ago, Alzheimers was a brain disease which was one cause of dementia and could have an early onset. Now the terms seem to be synonyms. Please answer only if you are a professional and work in health care.

Are there any daily activities I can partake with my grandmother to keep her from falling into the clutches of Alzheimers…she is 81, and I worry.

She doesn’t like to read much.

Is there anything that doesn’t involve reading and writing — that will help her retain her memory. Other sorts of excericises?

My grandfather had alzheimers, my aunt and now my father. I have found out that other people in my family tree have died from such things as aneurisms

My mom has alzheimers and i’ve been told that Medicare will pick up hospice for her without going after any assets my dad may have after she’s gone. I know Medi-Cal/Medicade will go after the home to recoop moneys spent, but i’m wondering if the same will happen with Medicare.