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This issue's In the News article features the price reduction of LightBridge's educational CD-ROMs. Activities focused dementia care is our Featured Article in this issue. Also, Dr. Mindy addresses a reader’s concern about research and treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. We conclude with some helpful information to make your summer travel go smoothly. Our Caregiver Tips in this issue focus on tips for traveling with someone with dementia.

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PRICE REDUCED!
only $17.95
Volume 1: Managing the Difficulties of Mealtime & Overview of Alzheimer's Disease
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Price Reduced on Educational CD-ROMs!

(San Antonio, Texas, June 1, 2008) LightBridge's CD-ROMs, which provide in-depth education on Alzheimer's disease and strategies and tips for caregivers, are now more affordable than ever. LightBridge has reduced the prices of the two CD-ROMs:
 

• Overview of Alzheimer's Disease
  NEW PRICE: $9.95 (Was $29.95)
• Volume 1: Managing the Difficulties of Mealtime - 2-CD set, which also includes Overview of Alzheimer's Disease
  NEW PRICE: $17.95 (Was $49.95)

"Knowledge is empowering to the caregiver," notes Dr. Mindy Kim-Miller, LightBridge's Senior VP for Research and Education. "These CD-ROMs provide a wealth of information, strategies, and tips that have been proven to be effective and give caregivers the confidence to address the daily challenges of Alzheimer's disease."

The CD-ROMs allow for learning at a caregiver's own pace - which is important since "free time" is a rare and precious resource when caring for a loved one...
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Activity-Focused Dementia Care
Mindy J. Kim-Miller, MD, PhD

Activity-focused dementia care stresses the importance of activity as personally meaningful occupation in the lives of those with dementia. In this approach to care, caregivers make a commitment to doing activities with care recipients rather than for them, which helps care recipients to maintain and perhaps even improve their skills and capacities.

Caregivers recognize and compensate for dementia-related impairments by identifying and encouraging the use of the care recipients' retained physical and motor, cognitive, emotional, social and communicative capacities. People with dementia are highly vulnerable to rapid functional decline, because they are dependent on caregivers to help them use their remaining skills and capacities. Without continual use of remaining skills, people may eventually lose those skills and develop excess disability (disability beyond what is expected from the brain damage associated with the dementia). Activity-focused care can help to prevent excess disability and preserve functional capacities...
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"I believe LightBridge is designed to meet the needs of the daily caregiver by offering quality information they can use to enhance the lives of those they care for."

Karen Kauffman, PhD, CRNP, BC, is a board certified Gerontological Nurse Practicioner and an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.

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CAREGIVER TESTIMONIAL

"These CDs absolutely exceeded my expectations - They are extremely well done."

Mr. Archibald
Caregiver, CA

Mindy Kim-Miller, MD, PhD
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Question:
With more people living longer and developing Alzheimer's Disease, what type of research is there on finding a cure?
--R Phillips, 67, Atlanta

Answer:
There is a tremendous amount of ongoing research on Alzheimer's disease (AD) therapies. I will briefly describe some of the different strategies that researchers are using.

A large area of research focuses on preventing or reducing the production of beta-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, two characteristic structures believed to be involved in the disease process. One approach is to interfere with the many steps in the formation of plaques and tangles. Many of these studies focus on the function of proteases (proteins that cut other proteins into smaller components) and enzyme modulators (proteins that affect the speed of chemical reactions) important in the production of the building block of plaques and tangles. Other studies look at factors that affect the brain's metabolism of fats, such as HDL and apoE; changing the way the brain uses certain fats may slow the formation of plaques. Another approach is to find ways of increasing the clearance of abnormal proteins important in the production of plaques or tangles after they are produced...
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ABOUT LIGHTBRIDGE
LightBridge Healthcare Research, Inc. is a provider of learning resources and educational guides based on cutting edge Alzheimer’s disease research custom designed for the at-home caregiver. We understand the complications, challenges, and resulting stresses associated with caring for loved ones afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease...
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1. When traveling, take copies of important documents and information with you. This should include:
   • Identification
   • Emergency contact information
   • Doctors’ names and contact information
   • List of current medications and dosages
   • List of drug or food allergies
   • Copies of legal papers (living will, advanced directives, power of attorney, etc.)
   • Insurance information
   • Travel itinerary
2. Have the person with dementia carry or wear identification (such as an identification bracelet) at all times. Consider marking their clothing with their name. Make sure that the following information is in their wallet or purse: name, important phone numbers, any medical conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease.
3. Remember to pack the following:
   • Water, drinks
   • Snacks
   • Activities to do while traveling and at the destination
   • Favorite items
   • Medications (consider consulting a health care professional about medications for mood control, pain, stomach upset, diarrhea, or other temporary problems that might arise while traveling)
     

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