The Alzheimer's Reading Room

The goal of the Alzheimer's Reading Room is to help everyone to better understand, cope, and communicate with a person living with dementia.

About the Alzheimer's Reading Room

We help Alzheimer’s patients to live a better life. We accomplish this by providing excellent advice and practical solutions to the problems that caregivers face each day. Our solutions work and have been tested over time by millions of caregivers.

Researcher developing novel therapy for Alzheimer's disease

A University of Oklahoma researcher is developing a novel therapy for Alzheimer's disease using "biopharmaceutical proteases" to attack the toxic plaque that builds up in the brain of an Alzheimer's patient.

This is an approach that he predicts will be lower in cost and higher in effectiveness than current therapies.

How to Change Patterns of Behavior in Dementia Patients

Patterns. All dementia patients evidence patterns of behavior.

Some of the patterns are simple -- like asking over and over what day it is. Others are more complex. One reader told us her husband was shaving four times a day and his face was getting "raw". Others pace. The list goes on and on.

My mother was evidencing all kinds of patterns of behavior -- doing the same crazy things at the same time of day or night -- over and over.

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I Think About Alzheimer's Caregivers Everyday - Caregiving

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I know what caregiving feels like. I took care of my mom, Dotty, for eight and a half years, 3,112 days.

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I Think About Alzheimer's Caregivers Every Day

The Power of Purpose in Our Lives

The Effect of Emotional Super Glue in Alzheimer's Care

How to Get Answers To Your Questions About Alzheimer's and Dementia

What is the Difference Between Alzheimer's and Dementia

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FSU research links brain shape to personality differences

New research reveals the shape of our brain can provide surprising clues about how we behave and our risk of developing mental health disorders.

The traits include:

• neuroticism, the tendency to be in a negative emotional state;

• extraversion, the tendency to be sociable and enthusiastic;

• openness, how open-minded a person is; agreeableness, a measure of altruism and cooperativeness; and conscientiousness, a measure of self-control and determination.

FSU research links brain shape to personality differences

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*** Neuroticism is a long-term tendency to be in a negative emotional state. People with neuroticism tend to have more depressed moods - they suffer from feelings of guilt, envy, anger, and anxiety more frequently and more severely than other individuals. Neuroticism is the state of being neurotic.

*** Extraversion is one of the five personality traits of the Big Five personality theory. It indicates how outgoing and social a person is. A person who scores high in extraversion on a personality test is the life of the party. They enjoy being with people, participating in social gatherings, and are full of energy.

*** An open-minded person is willing to try new things or to hear and consider new ideas.