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...where, what attitude their family should have toward them, even where and how they want to die." Those who test positive are given continuing psychological support, plus regular cognitive testing, particularly of memory, to see whether or not the disease begins to bite, with the first symptoms of dementia. The warning period of memory loss and confusion is typically three to five years. Molinuevo believes that knowing is as much benefit to the sufferer's family as to the sufferer him- or herself. "You will not suffer from Alzheimer's yourself because you will be unaware of your condition...
...parent has dementia, doesn't that justify a child's taking full control? Not necessarily, says Dr. Juergen Bludau, medical director of the Joseph L. Morse Geriatric Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. A parent is still entitled to as much autonomy as is safe, says Dr. Bludau. For example, if a mother with early or middle-stage Alzheimer's still drives, he says, urge her to limit her exposure--avoiding highways or rush-hour driving, for example. Later on, some white lies may work, like taking the battery out of the car and pretending that there's no money...
When the trial began, the defense had a quarter-century head start. There was no physical evidence linking Skakel to the scene. Michael's father Rushton now suffers from dementia. And there were two suspects besides Michael: his brother Thomas, who was the primary focus in the early days of the investigation, and the Skakels' live-in tutor, Kenneth Littleton, who was an alcoholic and a manic-depressive. Two of Michael's brothers and a cousin testified in near unison as to his whereabouts at the time of the murder: he was a 20-minute drive away, watching Monty Python...
...ages ago: A sound mind and a sound body," says Dr. Robert Butler, president of the International Longevity Center in New York City. At the University of Illinois, Dr. Arthur Kramer pitted aerobic exercise against weight lifting and toning in 124 very sedentary elderly men and women without dementia--"couch potatoes," as Kramer calls them. Half were assigned to an aerobic-fitness schedule consisting of progressively longer walks; the other half did strength and flexibility exercises...
Dramatic proof was found by Dr. James Joseph at Tufts University's Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, in a study of 40 elderly rats with dementia. Thirty of the rats were fed high-antioxidant extracts from blueberries, strawberries or spinach. All showed improvement in working memory compared with the 10 rats that were not fed supplements. So it makes sense to load up on antioxidants (which are also found in prunes, plums, raisins, cranberries, raspberries, Brussels sprouts and broccoli) as well as beta-carotene (in carrots and cantaloupes) and vitamins...