Local ABAM Events in June
Things You Can Do During ABAM June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month (ABAM) “” an opportunity to join the global conversation about the brain, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Everyone who has a...
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Watch: The How To’s on Pain Management
In this video presentation, Dr. Elizabeth Landsverk talks about ways to alleviate pain, agitation and discomfort through geriatric and palliative care techniques. Dr. Landsverk has over twenty years of experience in providing medical care to the...
Watch: Dr. Michael Mason Answers Common Caregiver Questions
Dr. Michael Mason, MD, TPMG with Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center spoke at the Alzheimer’s Association “Understanding Memory Loss” education conference in Fairfield last month. He answered common caregiver questions related to current treatments options and diet efficacy in fighting Alzheimer’s disease.
Inflammation and Alzheimer’s Disease
Inflammation is a very complex set of processes that are geared towards identifying, attacking and removing pathogens. In other words, the human body uses inflammation to rid itself of foreign invaders such as bacteria and viruses. These stimulate inflammation when they’re present in the brain or anywhere in the body where they shouldn’t be, and inflammatory response molecules move in that area to attack them.
Watch: 2016 Funded Researcher Elena Portacolone
Sociologist Elena Portacolone, assistant professor at the Institute for Health & Aging and Pepper Center Scholar at UCSF, is very passionate about the care of older adults, especially those living alone with Alzheimer’s or...
New Research Reveals Financial Sacrifices Made by People who Provide Alzheimer’s Care
Results from a nationwide survey of 3500 Americans revealed that very few people are prepared for the cost of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease. The personal financial support required by a person...
Watch: 2016 Funded Researcher Van M. Ta Park, PhD, MPH
Van Ta Park, Associate Professor at San Jose State University’s Department of Health Science & Recreation, was awarded a $150,000 research grant by the Alzheimer’s Association. Bill Fisher, CEO of the Northern California...
A Bay Area Alzheimer’s Advocate Shares Her Story
My advocacy work is personal. My mother died as a result of Alzheimer’s on October 4, 2009. I was there with her every day and every step of the way. My family had always been very close knit and my mother meant the world to me. I didn’t think that I would be able to live without her. It broke my heart into a million pieces and hurt like hell to watch this cruel disease erase my mother’s memory of those she loved and then kill her.
