Sometimes #caregiving is about the chores: medications, money, meals, bathing, and more. But, in the quiet moments between the chores, it also can be about giving and sharing comfort, peace of mind, dignity, #kindness and love.
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Research at #UCSF linking #cancer medicines with positive effects on Alzheimer's-damaged glia cells. Funded by #NIH and #NSF. The writers, implementors, and supporters of #Project2025 have lost access to these drugs that might mitigate the suffering that comes with these #diseases. Too bad, they've limited our access, too. A pox on them.
Do These Two Cancer Drugs Have What It Takes to Beat Alzheimer’s? | UC San FranciscoDo These Two Cancer Drugs Have What It Takes to Beat Alzheimer’s?Scientists at UCSF and Gladstone Institutes have identified cancer drugs that promise to reverse the changes that occur in the brain during Alzheimer’s, potentially slowing or even reversing its symptoms.
I remember when I studied neurology for a year to write the #memoir, with Dr. Bruce Miller, about my dad's early-onset Alzheimer's, a #neurologist said that sleep is when the brain takes out the garbage that accumulates during the day. My father had terrible problems with #sleep and it was a harbinger of something very wrong. If you are having sleep difficulties, they may mean you need a CPAP; it may mean something else. But don't ignore it.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-discovered-alzheimers-warning-sign-140000737.html
Yahoo News · Scientists Discovered a New Alzheimer's Warning Sign—and It Has to Do With Your Sleep
On Wednesday, July 23rd from 5 pm to 6:30 pm, I will be leading a caregiver support group at Kensington Place in Redwood City. It is open to everyone. If you are in the area and would like a space to share your experiences of #caregiving for a loved one with #dementia or listen to others', please RSVP and come.
If you will be in the Redwood City, California area on July 23rd and want to come to an in-person discussion of #caregiving, #grief, and #dementia, I will be leading a conversation about these matters at the Kensington Redwood City. Here is the announcement with a link to the RSVP.