When Is The Right Time?

When is the Right Time to Place a Loved-One Who Suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia in Rest Home Care? The mid stage of Alzheimer’s/Dementia requires twenty-four hour care. This may be the point when you consider institutionalization. To determine when you...

Faces of Alzheimers

Faces of Alzheimer’s: Stricken artist did self-portraits until he no longer could recall his own face. When well-known British artist William Utermohlen was diagnosed in 1995 with Alzheimer’s disease, he started a series of self-portraits to help him deal with...

Brain Power and Improving Your Memory Naturally With Foods

Brain Power and Improving Your Memory Naturally With Foods Our brains are powerful organic machines. They control all thought, movement, and sensation while calculating and reacting with blistering speed. They store an immense amount of data as images, text, and...

Verbal Communication – Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or Dementia

As the disease progresses, the person with Alzheimer’s disease may develop problems in expressing what he is thinking, his needs or wishes. He may have difficulty naming things or following directions because he cannot understand your instructions or cannot...

HBI Students Beautify Dodge Park Rest Home & Day Club

HBI Students Beautify Dodge Park Rest Home & Day Club HBI Student’s Scott Wormald, Dennis Welch, and Zachary Grasseschi braved balmy, rain and mist to install annual flowers at the Dodge Park Rest Home and Day Club in mid May. The team had a few apprehensions...

Adult Day Care Activities

At our adult day care health programs, older adults socialize with their peers while participating in a wide variety of activities. For many seniors a typical day at home, might be eight or more hours of isolation.  That’s because families have work and other...

Alzheimer’s Disease – Possible Future Treatment

A worldwide quest is under way to find new treatments to stop, slow or even prevent Alzheimer’s Disease. Because new drugs take years to produce from concept to market—and because drugs that seem promising in early-stage studies may not work as hoped in...

Alzheimer’s Trial and Studies

Participating in a Trial or Study How Can People Find Out About Alzheimer’s Disease Trials and Studies? Information about Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials and studies is available through a number of sources. First, talk to your doctor, who may know about local or...

Romance and Alzheimer’s

Is Romance An Option When Your Spouse Has Alzheimer’s Disease? The baby boomer generation is beginning to confront Alzheimer’s disease, and for some people that may mean losing a spouse to a disease that robs them of their memory and ultimately their identity....