Category Archives: Alzheimer’s and Dementia

How to limit Alzheimer’s Wandering

How to Limit Alzheimer’s Wandering

Alzheimer’s Caregiver’s Story

Alzheimer’s patient’s caregiver tells her story of reaching out and seeking help

Get Smart and Alzheimer’s Disease

Get Smart with Alzheimer’s Disease

The Seven Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease

Michian elder law attorney gives tips to Alzheimer’s caregivers.

Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia risk factors

Michigan elder law firm helps clients facing Alzheimer’s and dementia, ABC video discusses 7 risk factors

Exercise helps Protects Against Alzheimer’s

Many of our client’s family members are dealing with Alzheimer’s diagnoses and we as, Michigan elder law lawyers, help the families navigate the long-term care legal maze that is our health care and governmental benefits system. There was an interesting article on how exercise helps protect against Alzheimer’s disease. http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/2011/09/20110914a.html Regular exercise may offer some…

How to Find a Michigan Nursing Home for Someone with Alzheimer’s or Dementia

As a Michigan elder law attorney, I often aid families in their search for Michigan nursing facilities and assisted living facilities that can assist seniors who are suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease or Dementia.  One of the keys with any Michigan nursing home or assisted living selection, for an individual with Alzheimer’s or dementia, is to make…

Body of Alzheimer’s Sufferer in Birmingham, Michigan Found

The 85 year old, Alzheimer’s sufferer, Norris Lee of Birmingham, Michigan has been found dead after wandering off from a lunch at the Community House in Birmingham.   You can read more at the Oakland Press. Body of Missing Birmingham Man Found

More Resources for Families Coping with Alzheimer’s | TrialMatch

The Alzheimer’s Association has recently launched a new resource called Alzheimer’s Association TrialMatch, which is confidential free tool that provides comprehensive clinical trial information and an individualized trial matching service for seniors and individuals who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease or any related dementia. This service helps connect those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease with the over 100 clinical studies in…

New Approach for Tackling Alzheimer’s

Scientists have found a new way to reduce the erosion of memory and learning ability in mice by working with a specific gene.  This new process could be an avenue for tackling Alzheimer’s in humans, according to an online.wsj.com article. According to the article, translating the new findings into humans will not be very easy and no…