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Why red? Studies show Alzheimer patients increase food intake by 24% and liquid by 84% due to red color. Deluxe Set includes sectioned scoop dish with lid, Inner Lip plate, cup, fork and spoon. Basic Set includes scooper dish with nonskid base, cup, fork and spoon. People who have Alzheimer?s disease experience impairments not only in their cognitive abilities but also in their physiological status. Approximately 40% of Alzheimer’s patients experience significant weight loss. This weight loss may be due to many different factors but a study out of Boston University suggests that significant weight loss is due in part to the loss of the ability to distinguish contrast between colors. People with Alzheimer’s are not able to distinguish light colored food and drink on or in typically light colored tableware. When using tableware that offered a high contrast to the food and drink (i.e.: bright red and bright blue), researchers noticed that the participants in the study increased their food intake by 24% and liquid intake by 84%. Redware Tableware Features: High contrast colors increase food intake. Redware Tableware Basic Set Specifications: Scooper Dish with Non-Skid Base Built-Up Fork and Spoon Drinking Cup Redware Tableware Deluxe Set Specifications: Partitioned Scoop Dish with Lid Built-Up Fork and Spoon Drinking Cup Inner Lip Plate

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A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease can be heartbreaking news. Whether you’re newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or are a friend or relative of someone with Alzheimer’s, this book offers help. The only text to provide a doctor’s and patient’s view, 100 Questions & Answers About Alzheimer’s Disease gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, quality of life, caregiving, sources of support, and much more. Written by two prominent neurologists specializing in treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this frightening disease. “”This easy-to-read book provides the public and care-providers with the latest scientific and practical information about Alzheimer’s disease. It is evidence-based and comprehensive, yet easy to read. It will be a great book to the millions of patients and families who are dealing with this growing medical problem.”" — Steven H. Ferris, PhD, Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Center, New York University School of Medicine “”Drs. Sadowski and Wisniewski have condensed their expertise into an accessible guide that will be invaluable to people newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and to their families. For those of us worried about our memory as we age, this provides an authoritative, conversational guide.”" –Michael Shelanski, MD, PhD, The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University. 100 Questions & Answers About Alzheimer’s Disease Features: Gives you authoritative, practical answers to all of your questions. Provides the public and care-providers with the latest scientific and practical information about Alzheimer’s disease. It is evidence-based and comprehensive, yet easy to read. An accessible guide that will be invaluable to people newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and to their families. For those of us worried about our memory as we age, this provides an authoritative, conversational guide. 100 Questions & Answers About Alzheimer’s Disease Specifications: 194 pages filled with all the answers. Includes an appendix, index, and glossary.

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An indispensable resource offering encouragement and instruction to those affected by Alzheimer?s Disease. For many families, Alzheimer?s means a gradually diminishing quality of life both for the sufferer and caregivers. All too often, the disease has led to isolation?and even a certain social stigma. It can impose psychological and emotional burdens just as heavy as the physical one. The Family Guide to Alzheimer?s Disease was created to help families understand what to expect, deal effectively with the challenge of this disease, help their loved ones meet each day more successfully, and enhance the quality of life for all involved. Understanding Alzheimer’s, Volume 1, 62 minutes In this volume you?ll learn about the nature of Alzheimer?s, its causes and the stages of the disease. You?ll also learn some of the typical symptoms, how to obtain a diagnosis and the current treatments. Finally, you?ll learn how the disease affects our loved ones and alters the reality in which they live. Volume one covers: ? Overview of Dementia/Alzheimer?s Disease ? Symptoms ? Diagnosis ? Stages of Alzheimer’s ? Treatment ? Telling Others ? Patient perspective Behavior Issues, Volume 2, 67 minutes Alzheimer?s changes almost everything about the way our loved ones perceive the world?and how they respond to it. One of the keys to helping our loved ones continue to live as successfully as possible is to understand this changed, strange world. In this volume you?ll learn more about how Alzheimer?s affects our loved ones?and how those effects typically change the person?s behavior. You?ll also learn successful strategies for ?redirecting? that behavior in ways that help your loved one and your family enjoy a better quality of life. Volume two covers: ? Overview ? Agitation ? Hallucinations ? Wandering ? Sleeplessness/Sundowning ? Incontinence ? Inappropriate Actions ? Redirection ? Fiblets Daily Life, Volume 3, 42 minutes As you come to understand more about the altered world of an Alzheimer?s sufferer, you?ll learn effective strategies for making your home environment a safe place where your loved one can live successfully. You?ll also learn key skills for communicating with persons suffering from Alzheimer?s and how to create a daily routine that is nurturing for your loved one and manageable for you. Volume three covers: ? Home Environment ? Driving ? Adult Emotions ? Communication ? Daily Routine Family Caregiving, Volume 4, 62 minutes In this volume, you?ll learn how to handle the daily responsibilities of caring for a loved one, such as eating, dressing, grooming and bathing. Just as important, you?ll learn how to get the outside help from family, friends and other resources that can be critical for safeguarding your own health. Volume four covers: ? Role of the Caregiver ? Taking Care of Yourself ? Accepting Support ? Respite ? Sexual Relationships ? Family Relationships ? Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) ? Eating ? Bathing ? Dressing Transitions, Volume 5, 44 minutes In this final volume, you?ll learn how to make some difficult transitions. You?ll learn how to adapt social activities to accommodate your loved one?s increasing disability and isolation. You?ll also learn how to recognize when the time has come to consider moving your loved one to a care facility (and how to evaluate these facilities). You?ll learn how the disease affects a person?s spirituality, and you?ll gain insights from others who have gone through the process of grieving the loss of a loved one for whom they have provided years of care. Volume five covers: ? Social Activities ? Spiritual Issues ? Care Facilities ? Grief Available in DVD only.

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