The following article from the Daily Beast describes new research that indicates proper diet and exercise significantly eliminates the chances for developing the dreaded brain disease. Check out this link. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/22/why-we-can-and-must-focus-on-preventing-alzheimer-s.html. Posted by Howard Brockman, LCSW August 22, 2013
A new article in Salem’s Statesman Journal has described family and friends of people with Alzheimer’s in Oregon providing about $2.2 billion worth of unpaid care. Projections are that the scourge will continue to grow by 69% (up to 110,000)… Read More »Alzheimer’s is growing in Oregon
As I have mentioned before, with one out of every eight baby boomers projected to succumb to Alzheimer’s disease, this disease without a cure on the horizon is scary indeed. But Scientific American has reported on the possibility of a… Read More »Alzheimer’s Update
Last year my wife and I attended a weekend seminar on the Tibetan Buddhist practice called phowa. It is one of many foundational meditation practices that is central to Tibetan Buddhism. It was taught by a master of this practice, a Tibetan lama who spent decades practicing and teaching this practice in Tibet and India. It is often referred to as the practice of conscious dying and the transference of consciousness at the time of death. In traditional Tibetan Buddhism, a master is called upon to be present at the time of one’s passing to assist the dying person to transfer their consciousness through the top of their head directly into a so-called “Buddha field” of one’s choice. By so doing, one bypasses some of the typical experiences that are said to occur after death. Usually, the assisting lama would enable the dying person to merge their consciousness through the top of their head with a Tibetan deity, such as Amitabha. Read More »Considerations for Dying Consciously
A disturbing statistic suggests that every one out of eight baby boomers will end up with Alzheimer’s disease. Ten years ago estimates are that 500,000 Americans were diagnosed with this ravaging disease. That number is now over five million! Unlike heart disease and cancer, there is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, a brain wasting disease. Nearly 15 million unpaid caregivers are helping someone with Alzheimer’s or some other form of dementia. There are a lot, I mean a lot of families that are now being affected and more will be in the future. Every 69 seconds someone gets diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. About eight years ago my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and up until last August, my father did his best to take care of her but it eventually became too much for him–he just turned 90.Read More »Sir Terry Pratchett and Alzheimer’s Disease