Suzanne Geffen Mintz, president and co-founder of the National Family Caregivers Association, talks with NPR’s Fresh Air host Terry Gross on how to make caregiving easier. Mintz speaks from experience; her husband was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1974.
In the latest edition of her book, A Family Caregiver Speaks Up: “It Doesn’t Have to Be This Hard,” Mintz writes on ways caregivers can feel more confident through changes to their routine.
(Surgeons insert electrodes into the brain during operations under local anesthetic)
Scientists discover a way to reverse memory loss in “accidental breakthrough” - by JENNY HOPE in www.dailymail.co.uk
Scientists have stumbled on a world first in helping a man improve his memory. They were experimenting with deep-brain stimulation in an attempt to curb the appetite of a 30st patient who suffered from a lifelong obesity problem. Electrodes were pushed into his brain and stimulated with an electric current. The treatment did not cure his eating problem - but he experienced vivid memories of an event that occurred 30 years earlier.
In the following weeks, and up to a year later, the memory of the 50-year-old patient improved. Neurosurgeon Professor Andres Lozano, who already uses deepbrain stimulation to control the tremors of Parkinson’s disease, said the treatment could help scientists understand how the memory works. A trial is under way in Alzheimer’s sufferers in the hope that a ‘pacemaker’ could be developed for the brain to improve memory loss. (more…)
All I can say is I want to be just like this gentleman when I reach his age. Growing older has not kept him from pursuing his passion. He is living life to the fullest.
87% of seniors would like to continue living in their own homes. One of the reasons this is not always possible is that safety becomes an issue. As we grow older we are not always as physically flexible as in our younger days. This YouTube video is about utilizing a stair-lift within a home to help prevent falls.
How many times do we hear that seniors do not want to move into a large institution? They don’t want to leave their homes and therefore the thought of being moved to an institutional facility is (more…)
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