Dementia and Alzheimers's Disease
Alzheimer's disease, which makes up more than 50% of dementia cases, is growing increasingly more common. Dementia will appear in most people if they live long enough. The causes of dementia are related to aging, life style and other diseases that affect brain function such as stroke. Since it has become so pervasive, we felt that we would like to bring the true level of disease to the forefront by introducing you to the wonderful web site called Gilbert Guide. They bring a comprehensive data base to show the patients and their families the latest in dealing with the problem as well as helping families cope with the problem. YOu wil be amazed at the problem solving skills provided to the reader. We encourage you to learn more about the Gilbert Guide.
In addition, Caring.com, the leader in everything senior, has brought together the leading resources for caring for patients including:
- the largest national data base of care givers for home care and home care giving
- The largest national data base on living communities and facilites
- the most comprehensive content today to help families deal with people at home including drug management, monitoring, lifting, preparing the home, nutritional issues, exercise (videos by Jack Lalanne), speaking to the patient and all aspects with the home situation
- the most comprehensive content on health and wellness, which also deals with stress management, nutrition, massage, yoga, acupuncture, mind-body medicine, etc.
- The most comprehensive collection of data on dealing with the finance and legal aspects of caring and living for seniors
- The most comprehensive collection of brain health data along with dementia data and how to deal with it
- The largest collection of assistive devices which permits the patient to Age in Place
