There Is A Certain Urgency In The Message About Eoad!
As a General step regarding Alzheimer's by MikeD
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The public has little clue about Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease (EOAD), Less about Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease,(ESAD). Do I have my acronyms right?
There is an urgency when approaching Early State though the experience of one afflicted with Early Onset that is yet in the Early Stage.
When a person is afflicted with this disease while yet in their prime, when still a provider, leaving families economically and emotionally adrift it is tragic. It is sufficiently tragic for those of us seniors who get it. When you hit your 70's as I have the risk of getting something is more within expectations. It is easier to tolerate a diagnosis (Somewhat !) for an older person as for a younger person struck in mid-life.
Early Onset shouts so much more an urgent a cry of need for public support.
Early Onset's in Early Stage need more than the warehousing which is the normal care for the AD afflicted. There is so much that can be done to improve their quality of life and save the economy the cost of care that would otherwise occur sooner as later without appropriate early stage care.
Medication, Daily Exercise, Good Nutrition, Stimulating activity can prolong the stay in Early Stage. Programs providing this along with Early Detection/Early Diagnosis are needed. The plight of the EOAD is a voice of urgency calling for this help.
Programs I have been proposing are:
a. First Stop Programs: A Place With People such as Early Stagers that patients just diagnosed can come to and learn about AD.
b. Support Groups: A Place With Early Stagers open to the public with support, camaraderie and regularity to Ad afflicted provided.
c. Volunteer Coordination: A central source to find volunteer opportunities for AD afflicted.
d. Structured Wage Earning Workgroups: to provide both work and wage to EOAD afflicted.
e. Creative Programs: To Stimulate the Minds and Prolong Early Stage structured so they are social, creative, intellectually stimulating and more than the distraction of most day care programs.
The list is not complete nor is it exclusive. There are so many other programs that can be undertaken.
We have concentrated so much on finding the cure, we need now start concentrating on better finding more care.
Mike Donohue
My Blog: AGING IN PLACE http://im-mike.blogspot.com/
The public has little clue about Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease (EOAD), Less about Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease,(ESAD). Do I have my acronyms right?
There is an urgency when approaching Early State though the experience of one afflicted with Early Onset that is yet in the Early Stage.
(By the way, how could anyone have coined the two Earlys so similarily, than additionally coined the very similar acronyms and expect us with AD to be able to distinguish them. I have had this crap for three years and am still not sure which is which!)
When a person is afflicted with this disease while yet in their prime, when still a provider, leaving families economically and emotionally adrift it is tragic. It is sufficiently tragic for those of us seniors who get it. When you hit your 70's as I have the risk of getting something is more within expectations. It is easier to tolerate a diagnosis (Somewhat !) for an older person as for a younger person struck in mid-life.
Early Onset shouts so much more an urgent a cry of need for public support.
Early Onset's in Early Stage need more than the warehousing which is the normal care for the AD afflicted. There is so much that can be done to improve their quality of life and save the economy the cost of care that would otherwise occur sooner as later without appropriate early stage care.
Medication, Daily Exercise, Good Nutrition, Stimulating activity can prolong the stay in Early Stage. Programs providing this along with Early Detection/Early Diagnosis are needed. The plight of the EOAD is a voice of urgency calling for this help.
Programs I have been proposing are:
a. First Stop Programs: A Place With People such as Early Stagers that patients just diagnosed can come to and learn about AD.
b. Support Groups: A Place With Early Stagers open to the public with support, camaraderie and regularity to Ad afflicted provided.
c. Volunteer Coordination: A central source to find volunteer opportunities for AD afflicted.
d. Structured Wage Earning Workgroups: to provide both work and wage to EOAD afflicted.
e. Creative Programs: To Stimulate the Minds and Prolong Early Stage structured so they are social, creative, intellectually stimulating and more than the distraction of most day care programs.
The list is not complete nor is it exclusive. There are so many other programs that can be undertaken.
We have concentrated so much on finding the cure, we need now start concentrating on better finding more care.
Mike Donohue
My Blog: AGING IN PLACE http://im-mike.blogspot.com/
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