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Trends: Healing Gardens
Published October 6, 2008, 9:15 pm, Contract Magazine
In the last two decades, gardens intended to have therapeutic qualities have begun to appear in U.S. healthcare facilities. The idea that nature has a soothing, restorative effect is nothing new.
Tribute: Maryhelen Masterson was devoted to her family and her faith
Published October 6, 2008, 8:44 pm, The Kansas City Star
Who: Maryhelen Masterson, 76, of Prairie Village. When and how she died: Sept. 27 of cancer. A three-party night: Maryhelen Masterson was known for her strong Catholic faith, her selfless devotion to caring for her ill husband and father, and how she was always there for her four children and grandchildren. But through it all, she was fun, said her daughter Therese Johnson.
In ?Sweetie? and ?Dear,? a Hurt for the Elderly
Published October 6, 2008, 7:59 pm, New York Times
Studies find that speaking to older people in the belittling style known as elderspeak can have health consequences.
Iowa man with Alzheimer's found in Madison area
Published October 6, 2008, 7:37 pm, Wisconsin State Journal
A 79-year-old Iowa man with Alzheimer's disease who had been reported missing by his family was found Sunday by Dane County Sheriff's deputies responding to a report of an erratic driver. Sheriff's spokeswoman Elise Schaffer said deputies went to the Truckers Inn at 6162 Highway 51 in the town of Burke at about 8:40 p.m. Sunday after a caller reported a tan Chevrolet pick-up truck that had been ...
In 'sweetie' and 'dear,' a hurtful message for the elderly
Published October 6, 2008, 7:26 pm, International Herald Tribune
Studies are finding that "elderspeak," the sweetly belittling form of address that has always rankled older people, can have health consequences.
Stigma of dementia means sufferers lose friends and have symptoms dismissed, survey finds
Published October 6, 2008, 7:05 pm, Daily Mail
Half of Britons believe there is a stigma attached to dementia, a survey has found. Sufferers reported losing friends, having neighbours cross the street to avoid them and hearing their symptoms dismissed as 'just old age' by professionals.
Mamma Mia! The Heart of the Musical
Published October 6, 2008, 6:59 pm, The Star
MAMMA MIA! The world’s No1 musical is coming to Kuala Lumpur and Malaysians will not only be stomping their feet to the music of ABBA but opening their hearts to those in need too.
Power3 Medical Products to market diagnostic tests
Published October 6, 2008, 6:51 pm, Pharmaceutical Business Review
Power3 Medical Products has announced that it has taken necessary steps for the commercialization of its early diagnostic tests for breast cancer, Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease, and anticipates revenue from sales and licensing this quarter.
deCODE genetics files IND application for cognition drug
Published October 6, 2008, 6:50 pm, Pharmaceutical Business Review
deCODE genetics has submitted an investigational new drug application to the FDA for DG071, the companys novel small-molecule modulator of phosphodiesterase 4.
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Published October 6, 2008, 6:45 pm, The Journal News
People with Alzheimer's disease and dementia knew instantly that the 1931 Edward Hopper painting was of the inside of a barber shop, some pointing to the symbolic red, white and blue pole.
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