Alzheimer's and Dementia

[I Think]

It is obvious that there is an epidemic of alzheimers / dementia, beginning to rear its ugly head as baby boomers reach their 60's and 70's.
My question is what are Federal, Provincial and local governments doing about preparing for it?

[Type_O]

Interior Health has been prvoding more readily available community services/seniors mental health, for in-home supervision and much needed respite for family (s)- either through day programs, once, twice or three times a week, or weekly - at one of the care facilities in and around town.
Private care company's are now picking up momentum - providing in-home care, as well as private facility care. These are expensive and family's, depending on income, need to be "wait listed" for government funded facility beds - which could take several months or a year.
The help, it seems, is just not "fast enough".

[Poindexter]

Some interesting new studies into dementia have revealed some startling misconceptions we had about the disease.

For example, plaque on the brain has been blamed as the culprit for dementia but as it turns out most of us have plaque on the brain when we die but only some get dementia. What they found is that mini strokes may be the cause and those with moderate to high blood pressure had less of a likelyhood to show the signs of dementia associated with these mini strokes. May also change the way we treat blood pressure.

60 minutes did an interesting show on these new findings, here's the link.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nAfmRQbrqKE

[WeatherWoman]

The nature of things had an interesting therory that Alzheimers is the third diabetes.

http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episod ... alzheimers

[Glacier]

Here is something the governments don't want you to know... a significant percentage of Alzheimer cases past, present, and future are likely caused by consuming meat and dairy.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15694685

A recent study links up to 13% of all "Alzheimer's" victims as really having Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Bovine tuberculosis, which includes Mycobacterium bovis and M. avium-intracellulare or paratuberculosis, is and has always been the most prevalent threat to the cattle industry, and the USDA reports that between 20% and 40% of US dairy herds are infected with paratuberculosis alone. The health risk for milk tainted with M. bovis has been known for decades and there was a time not so long ago when "tuberculin-tested" was printed on every milk container. Schliesser stated that meat from tuberculous animals may also constitute a significant risk of infection. At the turn of the 20th century 25% of the many US deaths from TB in adults were caused by M. bovis. Dairy products aside, when past and present meat consumption are factored in, there is three times the risk of developing Alzheimer's in meat eaters as opposed to vegetarians.

[kgcayenne]

Uh oh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufERJEdcfAY

[Captain Awesome]

People gotta stop living so long. Human bodies are not used to living much past 60.

Damn you, science.

[Bsuds]

People gotta stop living so long. Human bodies are not used to living much past 60.

Damn you, science.

That's when the body starts deteriorating and the mind follows a few years later.

For some the mind gives up after their first post.

[Type_O]

For example, plaque on the brain has been blamed as the culprit for dementia but as it turns out most of us have plaque on the brain when we die but only some get dementia. What they found is that mini strokes may be the cause and those with moderate to high blood pressure had less of a likelyhood to show the signs of dementia associated with these mini strokes. May also change the way we treat blood pressure.

60 minutes did an interesting show on these new findings, here's the link.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nAfmRQbrqKE

Unfortunately, there is no link to "plaque on the brain" for Alzheimer's dementia, ALS or MS - who have spent BILLIONS OF DONATED DOLLARS combined. I'm sure EVERY ONE WILL KNOW WHEN THE CURE IS ANNOUNCED, including your trusted favourite, - family doctor.
The Nature of "THINGS" should not considered as fact, it's a CBC's producer's way of "keeping things interesting", so they can keep their exorbitant salaried, position, an indexed pension until the've slogged through - at least for 12.5 years (union warranted).

It will be wonderful when there is a cure.

[WeatherWoman]

This isn't a discussion on the CBC and how they pay their staff.

It may or may not be the truth but it is an interesting side that should have some consideration.

My grandma was a sugar junkie and also has early onset alzheimers. Is there a connection? Maybe. Should it be explored? I think yes.

[Bsuds]

Aging is when you go into the garage and forget why you went there.

Alzheimer's is when you forget where the garage is.

[dg3]

low cholesteral diets and statin drugs are the cause alzheimers, the weight of your brain is only a few percent of your body weight, but it contains about 25 percent of all of the cholesterol in your body. stay off the sugar and eat a high fat diet.

[WeatherWoman]

Do you have any links to research that supports that?

[Hurtlander]

Here is something the governments don't want you to know... a significant percentage of Alzheimer cases past, present, and future are likely caused by consuming meat and dairy.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15694685

If this is true which I highly doubt, there isn't much point in changing your diet to avoid Alzheimer's or Dementia. My MIL passed away a few years ago after suffering the last few years of her life with full on Alzheimer's and what the doctors described as one of the worst cases of osteoporosis they'd ever seen, the last 40 years of her life she was a strict vegan, 40 years of zero dairy or meat didn't do her bones any favours....

[dg3]

Do you have any links to research that supports that?

dont need research, its just common sense, your brain is made up of cholesteral, so feed it. but if u really to read more then google the first line of my post.