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Anonymous wrote:Teepa Snow is an excellent resource for managing Alzheimer’s and related dementias.
https://teepasnow.com/

I have spent the last decade working with dementia patients and their families - I’m a lawyer and educator by training and experience but took leave to engage in family caregiving and then stayed on doing it as a professional.

I would urge you to look into the recent research establishing the efficacy of a diet and lifestyle approach to slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s. If your loved one is someone who would be open to embracing a whole food plant based diet absent UPFs and refined carbs and sugar, and becoming active and eschewing smoking, alcohol etc. there is strong evidence this approach can slow progression and even improve symptoms in early stages of the disease. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/07/alzheimers-study-finds-diet-lifestyle-changes-yield-improvements/

Neurologist Dr. Sanjay Gupta did a CNN special on this research a couple of years ago that you can probably find online.

Here’s a good free resource for families of patients with Alzheimer’s disease: https://www.aanhr.org/documents/resources/alzheimersplaybook.pdf

Both my parents had it. They ate a lot of processed food, ice cream, etc. One exercised for a while. The other did not. One was overweight, and the other was not.

They did not have loads of friends or social time. One worked until late in life and that did not help.

If either of my parents had been more open to diet and exercise, that would have been great. But the one remaining one takes great pride in their ice cream and sugar eating, and they can't be persuaded otherwise. I gave up long ago. So, they are getting the health issues they ate for...

Anonymous wrote:Teepa Snow is an excellent resource for managing Alzheimer’s and related dementias.
https://teepasnow.com/

I have spent the last decade working with dementia patients and their families - I’m a lawyer and educator by training and experience but took leave to engage in family caregiving and then stayed on doing it as a professional.

I would urge you to look into the recent research establishing the efficacy of a diet and lifestyle approach to slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s. If your loved one is someone who would be open to embracing a whole food plant based diet absent UPFs and refined carbs and sugar, and becoming active and eschewing smoking, alcohol etc. there is strong evidence this approach can slow progression and even improve symptoms in early stages of the disease. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/07/alzheimers-study-finds-diet-lifestyle-changes-yield-improvements/

Neurologist Dr. Sanjay Gupta did a CNN special on this research a couple of years ago that you can probably find online.

Here’s a good free resource for families of patients with Alzheimer’s disease: https://www.aanhr.org/documents/resources/alzheimersplaybook.pdf

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you all. One ApoE3 and one 4

You may want to poke around here:
https://forums.apoe4.info/

You need to use discernment because there are some people who are under the spell of a grifter and a lot of posts relate to that, but there is also a lot of helpful information.

Please ignore the people who say "there is nothing you can do." While it is true that medications are limited, there are many QOL focused management strategies that can have a very positive impact. I agree that most neurologists aren't very helpful beyond diagnosis and looking to geriatric psychologists, social workers etc. is what you want to be doing.

Different poster. There IS NOTHING you can do unless the person has the self-awareness to know there is an issue and the motivation to do the Gupta stuff. Most of that is better done in advance when you know you have a family history. Many with dementia do not really understand they have an issue or are in denial. Good luck getting those parents to exercise daily, lift weights, eat only whole foods, engage in socially stimulating activity with peers where they have to behave and use social skills, etc. The research is interesting and I do think it makes sense that all those things help, but if you parent doesn't want to do all, the.things you have to figure out your limit. There are brain exercises too, but that is also better done before it's full blown and it's a PITA for someone who doesn't even think he or she has a problem.

Anosognosia is the term for those who have no clue they have dementia. Good luck convincing them to make a lifestyle change when they think they still have a job and are raising kids!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you all. One ApoE3 and one 4

You may want to poke around here:
https://forums.apoe4.info/

You need to use discernment because there are some people who are under the spell of a grifter and a lot of posts relate to that, but there is also a lot of helpful information.

Please ignore the people who say "there is nothing you can do." While it is true that medications are limited, there are many QOL focused management strategies that can have a very positive impact. I agree that most neurologists aren't very helpful beyond diagnosis and looking to geriatric psychologists, social workers etc. is what you want to be doing.

Anonymous wrote:Thank you all. One ApoE3 and one 4