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Does Medicare Cover the Cost of Care in an Alzheimer’s Facility

Question:  My mother is currently in skilled nursing following a recent hospitalization after a fall.  She has Alzheimer’s Disease and I don’t feel that we can care for her at home after her discharge.  Will Medicare cover the cost of her care in an...

New Technology Helps Find Missing Loved Ones

I’m sure you’ve heard the statistics before: 60% of those persons who suffer from Alzheimer’s will wander at some point in their disease process; 92% of those persons with autism tend to wander.  Those are very scary statistics.  How can we be sure...

“On Golden Pond” – a Lesson in Dementia Awareness?

On Golden Pond – a Lesson in Dementia Awareness? by  Shelley Last night I watched On Golden Pond starring Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn.  It also featured Jane Fonda. I ended up crying for an hour. I hadn’t seen the movie since it’s release in...

Alzheimer’s – Is Early Diagnosis Really Best?

Lately I’ve seen a lot of articles on the possibility of being able to diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease at an earlier stage in the disease. Now, a new article, published on the website www.nhs.uk speaks of an American study  that stated that brain scans may be...