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Moms of Special Needs Children.
Posted on February 26, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Autism | Tags: Autism, Caregiving
Autism Books: Personal Accounts: A Guide to Some of the Latest Books Published
Autism Books: Personal Accounts: A Guide to Some of the Latest Books Published.
Posted on February 26, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Autism | Tags: Autism
In Turnabout, Children Take Caregiver Role – NYTimes.com
LANTANA, Fla. — Partly paralyzed, with diabetes and colitis, Linda Lent needs extensive care at home.
Christina Powell, 13, moved with her family to Florida to help care for her grandfather, Guy French. Things did not go well initially, but they have gotten better.
Posted on February 26, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Caregiving |
YouTube – Living in Alzheimer's Disease
YouTube – Living in Alzheimer’s Disease.
Posted on February 25, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Alzheimer's |
Elopement, or Wandering, In People With Autism
Elopement, or Wandering, In People With Autism.
Posted on February 20, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Autism, Wandering | Tags: Autism, Wandering
Chapter 2: Wandering, and other signs of dementia, not always heeded — dailypress.com
From Newsday
Who’s at risk
Wandering is one of dementia’s significant calling cards, medical experts say.
It can be triggered by stress, agitation coming from feelings of lost control, or a desire to fulfill obligations from the past, even as more recent memories fade and disappear. Some seek to return to places where they once worked or to homes where they once lived.
According to the national Alzheimer’s Association, as many as 60 percent of people with the disease will wander and become lost at some point.
Dealing with dementia: From curative to compassionate care
Meredeth Rowe, a nurse and researcher at the University of Florida, conducted two studies including 718 people with dementia. Ninety-three died after wandering from private homes, boarding homes, nursing homes and assisted living centers.
The study showed 22 percent of those found dead were from assisted living facilities, a significant number because only a small percentage studied typically reside in such places. “There’s a significant over-representation of people who come from assisted living,” Rowe said.
Overall, she said, wandering is “really under-reported, and really under-researched.”
via Chapter 2: Wandering, and other signs of dementia, not always heeded — dailypress.com.
Posted on February 19, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Wandering |
Wandering and Alzheimer's Overview
Wandering is an important behavior common in Alzheimer’s disease that made the disease so critical to the field of search and rescue. Not only do Alzheimer’s patients wander but they also easily become lost. Normal adults (who often become lost also) rely upon three intact systems to know where they are in space. Short and long term memory to identify landmarks, a sense of time and speed to judge distance, and an intact visual-spatial sense to know direction angles and expected arrival times between landmarks. All three of these systems are impaired in the Alzheimer’s subject.
via Wandering and Alzheimer’s Overview.
Posted on February 18, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Alzheimer's, Wandering | Tags: Alzheimer's, Wandering
Pathfinders for Autism : Plan Your Response to an Autism Emergency
The past year also brought with it a predictable spate of autism related wandering. Children and adults all over the world wandered from care and into danger.
Wandering should be a cause for concern for every one of us who advocate for people with autism.
Wandering–and other risks associated with autism–should be included with every information packet offered to families who are new to the spectrum. This information can save lives.
To help ensure safety and lower risk for a child or adult with autism, parents and care providers will need to become proactive and prepare an informational handout.
Leading causes for for concern are children and adults who run away or wander from parents and care providers. Tragically, children and adults with autism are often attracted to water sources such as pools, ponds, and lakes. Drowning is a leading cause of death for a child or adult who has autism. Wandering can also lead to high risk field contacts with law enforcement or members of the general public.
via Pathfinders for Autism : Plan Your Response to an Autism Emergency.
Posted on February 18, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Autism | Tags: Autism, Wandering
MultiVu Video Feed: LoJack SafetyNet Launched as Solution for Tracking and Rescuing People at Risk of Wandering
Service Answers Growing Need to Help Protect Those with Cognitive Disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Autism
LoJack Corporation (NASDAQ: LOJN) took a major step forward in executing its diversification strategy as it launched LoJack SafetyNet, which answers a critical market need for solutions that track and rescue people at risk of wandering, including those with Alzheimer’s, autism, Down syndrome and dementia.
Currently 5.2 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s. Wandering, the most life-threatening behavior associated with Alzheimer’s, affects 59 percent of patients and 45 percent of those cases end tragically in death if the person is not located within 24 hours. Additionally, autism, which is the fastest growing developmental disability that now afflicts one in every 150 babies born, can also cause children to wander.
Posted on February 18, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Wandering |