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September
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September
New Virtual Study to Assess Cognitive Toll of Caregiving
Washington, D.C. – A pioneering online health study to assess the cognitive toll of Alzheimer’s and dementias caregiving using online brain performance tests was officially announced today at a ReACT/AARP event. Employers from more than 75 corporations, academic institutions, nonprofits and government attended the event,...
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September
Book Review ~ The Dance of the Absent Mind
Slow Dancing With a Stranger, Meryl Comer, Available on Amazon for $13-20 Slow Dancing CoverAs strange as it may seem, I don’t often read books about dementia. I do read a great deal about the brain, memory, and where we are in researching the functions of...
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26
September
Bridging the Gap: 7 Key Books on Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease has robbed more than 5 million Americans of basic brain functions such as memory, recognition, and general awareness—not to mention severing intimate bonds with family and lifelong acquaintances. As its symptoms gradually worsen so does its impact on general quality of life as loved...
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20
September
C-SPAN2 > Book TV Discussion on Slow Dancing with a Stranger
Meryl Comer talked about her book, Slow Dancing with a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer’s, in which she reports on the effects of Alzheimer’s, the degenerative brain disease that affects 5.4 million Americans and 44 million people globally. In the book, the...
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20
September
Woman Writes of Ordeal of Husband’s Alzheimer’s
KENSINGTON, Md. (AP) — Meryl Comer's husband vanished more than a decade ago. Yet she has remained at his side, caring for him night and day as he drifted into the darkness of Alzheimer's disease. The story of how Comer, an Emmy Award-winning former broadcast journalist...
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18
September
News FOX 5 DC WTTG – Slow Dancing With a Stranger Author Discusses Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
MERYL COMER discusses her new book, Slow Dancing With A Stranger, on News Fox 5 DC. September 18, 2014. View full video...
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September
Honoring Caregivers During World Alzheimer’s Month
When someone you love can no longer take care of themselves, you would likely move mountains to help them. For millions of Americans, this scenario has become a reality as they care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s. This challenge couples the emotional pain of...
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18
September
Am I Repeating Myself? A Baby Boomer’s Angst About Alzheimer’s
The following is an excerpt from Meryl Comer’s recently released book Slow Dancing with a Stranger. I think most people are worried about their own risk if they have seen Alzheimer’s in their family. I worry all the time. When I walk up the steps to retrieve...
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September