Alzheimer’s Disease is one of the most costly diseases in the developed world. Join Hillary and Amy (by clicking the audio link below) as they discuss characteristic behaviors of Alzheimer’s patients, how the disease is diagnosed, the dangers of wandering, and even what Britney Spears can tell us about this heartbreaking, degenerative disease.
References:
“Alzheimer’s disease“, Wikipedia.org.
“Alzheimer’s: Understand and control wandering,” Mayo Clinic, mayoclinic.com.
“Alzheimer’s and Wandering“, Alzheimer’s Reading Room, January 27, 2011.
“Strategies to Deal With an Alzheimer’s Patient Who Wanders“, by Dennis Thompson, Jr., EveryDayHealth.com, December 23, 2008.
“What Britney Spears Can Reveal About Alzheimer’s” by Alice Park, TIME magazine, August 26, 2009.
