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About Alzheimer's Disease and DementiaAlzheimer's disease is a progressive degenerative disease. The changes you see in a person with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia's ability to remember and perform day to day functions are a result of changes that occur in various areas of the brain.
Informative BrochuresIs It Alzheimer's disease? 10 Warning Signs First Steps: For Families of Those Recently Diagnosed With Alzheimer's disease First Steps: For Those Recently Diagnosed With Alzheimer's disease Ways to Help: Assisting People Living With Alzheimer's disease Shared Experiences: Suggestions for Those With Alzheimer's disease Focus: Helping Children Understand Alzheimer's disease Focus: Helping Teens Understand Alzheimer's disease Understanding the Dementia Experience - pdf How to Interact with a Person with Dementia - this brochure is a summary of the caregiving interactions which are helpful to people this dementia (please email jennifer@alzheimercambridge.on.ca to receive the publisher file). This brochure is also available in other languages:
Early Memory Loss Education Program An 8 week educational program for people with the insight to understand that they have been diagnosed with Alzheimer disease or a related dementia. Search Is An Emergency A search and rescue program for long-term care homes developed (2002) in conjunction with the Alzheimer Society of Kitchener-Waterloo, facility personnel and police. The links below are to (1) background information, (2) an educational presentation (you can save this to your computer as a powerpoint file), (3) the manual as adapted by Alzheimer Canada, and (4) master forms for development of an in-house search and rescue, or "Code Yellow" binder, as described in the manual. Powerpoint Presentation on the Development of a Search and Rescue Program in a Long-Term Care Home Search is an Emergency Preplan Manual Master Forms for Development of Preplan Manual
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