Alzheimer's Association :: New York City Chapter

Help Increase Awareness and Honor Your Friends and Family with AD - Contribute Photos
Honor your Friends and Family. We have a really beautiful opportunity for you all to honor your parents, friends, sisters, brothers who have been impacted by Alzheimer's & Parkinson's disease. If you've personally been impacted by Alzheimer's or Parkinson's this is a great way to honor your own life as well. - NYC Chapter Read the entire article here
10 million U.S. baby boomers will develop Alzheimer's disease
The Alzheimer's Association estimates that 10 million baby boomers will develop Alzheimer's disease in the United States, according to their new report, the 2008 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures. Download PDF - Alzheimer's Association, National Read the entire article here
New York State Community Forum in NYC
This Council is conducting community forums to hear comments that will help us develop the New York State Comprehensive Plan on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias in the Community. Forums will allow caregivers, individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, family members, health and social services providers and other community members the opportunity to share stories and experiences about caring for and providing services to this population. - NYC Chapter Read the entire article here
NYC Chapter Breaks The $1 Million Mark For Memory Walk 2007
Thank you to everyone who supported the 19th Annual New York City Chapter Memory Walk 2007. - NYC Chapter Read the entire article here
New Program Will Have Mail Carriers Looking Out For Elderly
In partnership with the United States Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers, the Department for the Aging and the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities launched Carrier Alert. This voluntary preventive program enhances a letters carriers ability to respond when a senior or person with disability may be in distress. - Department of Aging, nyc.gov Read the entire article here
Go Direct Campaign Helps People Sign Up for Direct Deposit
Switching to direct deposit is a small but important way that people who get Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) checks can improve their lives. And it just takes a few minutes to sign up. DFTA is partnering with Go Direct - a campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Banks to inform people who receive federal benefits about the advantages of direct deposit and help them sign up for it. - GoDirect.com Read the entire article here
Two Parents With Alzheimer's Raises Child's Risk
If both parents have Alzheimer's disease, their children face an increased risk of developing the condition, a new study suggests. Overall, 42 percent of offspring whose parents both had Alzheimer's went on to develop the disease themselves by age 70, the researchers found. - Healthday Read the entire article here
Dementia diagnosis brings relief, not depression
When it comes to a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, what you don't know may not kill you, but knowing the truth as soon as possible appears to be the better approach - one that may improve the emotional well-being of both patients and their caregivers, suggests new research from Washington University in St. Louis. - Washington University in St. Louis Read the entire article here
Do antibiotics benefit advanced dementia?
Almost half of residents with advanced dementia in nursing homes are given antibiotics in the last two weeks of life, a new study says. What's not clear is whether that therapy has any benefits, such as prolonging life or improving the quality of life. - Healthday Read the entire article here
Living with Alzheimer's: "I'm still me"
When Charles Jackson, former member of the Alzheimer's Association Early-Stage Advisory Group, was 13, he learned that his mother's side of the family has a particular gene that can cause early-onset Alzheimer's. - National Public Radio Read the entire article here
Race and Alzheimer's survival
Race may be an independent predictor of survival among people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, with Latinos and blacks living longer than whites. - WebMD Read the entire article here
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