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Topic: Alzheimer\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s Disease
Radio Talk Shows Hosts vs. Common Sense: Britons receive worse health care than we do
By Blayne Clements | August 24, 2009 | 
This week on the third most listened to conservative radio show, the host said the following, and I am paraphrasing here:
“30,000 Britons die annually from staph infections contracted in a hospital. The per capita equivalent in the US would translate into 150,000 Americans dying of staph infections annually. The actual number of Americans dying of staph infection is much lower than that, therefore, our for-profit healthcare system in the US is much better than the taxpayer funded health care system in the UK.” «Read the rest of this article»
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Caregiver Syndrome: Reality for many caregivers dealing with Dementia
August 23, 2007 |
“Some days I just wanted to crawl into a closet and scream… ”
“One morning I found I simply could not get out of bed. The simple action of pushing back the sheet was too hard. I had nothing left…”
“My mother’s brain is gone, but her body is like the energizer bunny. Keeps on going and going and going … and I can’t keep up. I’m so tired I am getting sick all the time…”
“Dad keeps sneaking out. How can someone who remembers nothing be so clever … he’s an escape artist…”
For the millions of caregivers tackling the challenge of caring for someone with Dementia, most commonly in the form of Alzheimer’s disease affecting a parent, spouse or sibling, things like exhaustion, stress, declining health (their own), anger, rage, guilt and other emotions and issues are “normal.” It’s what happens when otherwise healthy people are suddenly confronted with the 24/7 reality of care-giving. A kind of care-giving measured not in days, weeks, or months, but years.
As Alzheimer’s reaches near epidemic proportions and is affecting ever increasing millions of people who are living longer (if not always better), and the pool of available caregivers shrinks, the pressures are mounting. And caregivers are crumbling under the weight of their complex responsibilities. «Read the rest of this article»
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