dementia Archive
Recently, The Boston Descriptive Psychology Study Group spent an afternoon discussing the effects of dementia. We applied the paradigm case formulation of persons described in “The Problem of Other Possible Persons.” Our starting point was the effect dementia has on …
Recently, The Boston Descriptive Psychology Study Group spent an afternoon discussing the effects of dementia. We applied the paradigm case formulation of persons described in “The Problem of Other Possible Persons.” Our starting point was the effect dementia has on the …
I attended a lecture on Long Term Care Placement from the Perspective of a Caregiver a few days ago at a local private non-profit Alzheimer’s organization. Even though I am a professional, I wanted to further learn the process from …
Thanks to a fellow social worker, I have this link to share to show how South Korea is addressing Dementia. Like many other countries in the world, 40-50% of the population will be 65+ and with each year of being …
Did you know that the World Health Organization reports that between four hundred million and five hundred million people are affected by a disability? Autism, learning disabilities, mental health issues and dementia fall into the disability category. If you look …
AD or Alzheimer’s Disease, a form of Dementia, the one that society fears the most. It robs a person of their memory, their thoughts, their ability to function. It can be a very slow moving disease or it can move …
by Victoria Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer in Canada I am an avid reader and at any one point in time am reading between 2-3 books depending on my mood and where I am when reading, at home, at …
by Vikki Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer in Montreal, Canada The benefit to living in a city that has good universities is the research they conduct. Here in Montreal we have McGill, Concordia, University de Montreal and a few others, …
The progress of Alzheimer’s can be slowed with a regimen of immunosuppressants. By utilizing this treatment, the tell-tale decline in cognitive functioning may be able to hold off a while longer by suppressing compounds associated with the disease. For those …
