SIRA: The Paradox of Alzheimer’s Caregiving
SIRA: The Paradox of Alzheimer’s Caregiving
Caregiving for a loved one with Alzheimer’s is a tough journey. You must be able to survive one emotional upheaval after another and there are many paradoxes when one is attempting to stay connected with a spouse or parent who is becoming a different person. Caregivers and family members experience profound losses and relationship issues. Join expert Sandy Braff, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and co-author of Staying Connected While Letting Go: The Paradox of Alzheimer’s Caregiving, as she explains how to stay connected to your loved one with Alzheimer’s as you “let go”. Series: “SIRA (Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging)” [8/2007] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 12286]
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How do I get involved with helping to find a cure for Alzheimer’s?
I want to volunteer some time to help with Alzheimer’s. I don’t mind working with actual patients, but ideally I would like my efforts to be closer related to the root, where the time I spend is productively helping to find a cure. Anyone have any ideas?
Anyone work with Alzheimer’s patients and/or the disease?
How do I get involved with helping to find a cure for Alzheimer’s?
Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!
You might want to try getting a medical degree of some kind!
I’ve already got a cure for Alzheimers, now if I can just remember it
This might take a bit of research.
I would say to contact agencies who are working on a cure, but not sure how you’d find that –I’d say start with local hospitals and go from there?
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I’m also interested (My Daddy died of Alzheimers) don’t know alot about it except what I’ve read/read. Would you let me know what ur able to find out (it is a horrible disease)?
Thanks
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” In order to bring about changes,in the progression of any disease entity, especially Alzheimer’s Disease; Its cause must be predetermined.
This can only be achieved by much dedicated study.
Without proper medical credentials; or even, with them; you are up against a material world conspiracy, that is more interested in making money, than preserving, or saving, and prolonging human life. “
depends on if you want to do basic science research or clinical research
I work in an Alzheimer’s clinic and do clinical research (I work with patients, not with chemicals). I have a bachelor’s degree in psychology and got a job working here doing memory testing with the patients. Many of my co-workers also have master’s degrees, nursing degrees, Ph.D’s or M.D.’s.
I’m guessing you might probably at least have to get a 4-year (bachelor’s degree) to get your foot in the door, but I could be wrong.
I would apply to places that conduct research – there are private doctors and research facilities and also university & hospital settings that conduct clinical research in Alzheimer’s disease.
check out the Alzheimer’s Association website and/or
clinicaltrials.gov
to find out the sites in your area that are conducting Alzheimer’s research and seek them out.
I don’t know where you may find a clinic to work with. I to am driven to help people It started with just diabetes but has grown to almost every other area you could think of. The trick is to get out of the realm of treating disease. Sounds odd I know but thruth of the matter is this. Most prolems that we have come from within our own bodies. If they were external in nature you could just jump right to the source of the problem and intervien.
Kinda like sun burn and skin cancer vs. sun block. Yes it is true that there are cause for these other problems as well but think about it this way for a few minutes. We are built of 600 trillion cells. Each one of these cells is capable for makeing an entire new you and whats more even has all the knowledge to opperate and function properly this CLONE. If every cell has that information stored within its cell walls why do we get sick?
The answer is out from left field I assure you but it is the answer none the less. It is what we have not done for our bodies that causes the problems.
Let me explain. Do you know what Scurvy is? 60,000 British sailors died from it. They didn’t just catch it. It wasn’t in the air or in gulls breath. It was rather what they weren’t doing for their body. They didn’t know it but they were dieing by the thousands because they did not have vitamin C in their diet. You can die in 6 months from not having any vitamin C. Did you know that? No one dies today because we all get vitamin C in our foods. We recognize this need and we all accept it as fact.
No lets go one step futher up the nutrition chain. There is a group of nutrients called glyconutrients that is energing and the largest most studied feild of nutrition ever. These nessacary nutritents are resposible for cellular communication, and that promotes proper functioning of the organs and systems of the body. All of them, Nervouse system, Digestive system, Respritory system you name it.
If you want to help people with Alheiner’s that is great. They need it. Knowledge is the most powerful tool we can have.
The body it the sum of all its cells. The cell is the root of life force of the body. All diseases begin here. Then the spread from cell to cell, organ to organ. If you have health cells you will have healthy. tissue, systems, organs and ultimately a healthy body and mind.
To learn how to help others write me
sugers_of_life@yahoo.com
Contact your state branch of the Alzheimer’s association. You can be trained to run a support group or numerous other tasks. The national link is below.
You might want to consider donating money for research as well. That’s link #2.
My dad has Alzheimer’s so I don’t exactly “work” with him but I do see him often. link #3