Alzheimers Disease: - Lost elderly woman found out in cold
Lost elderly woman found out in cold
An 88-year-old Merrimack woman was found lying hidden in a wooded ravine by her neighbor, several hours after she was reported missing by her son-in-law. Delia Schrepfer, dressed in a nightgown, sweater and white sneakers, was cold but did not appear to be injured, Merrimack Police Capt. … - By TODD MORRISON Telegraph Staff
Wandering senior freezes to death
On a windblown cul-de-sac on the coldest day of the year, the question swirled along a desolate walking path — why would a 91-year-old woman leave her warm seniors’ residence in the dark of night and freeze to death within sight of her home?
Sundancing with the stars
At the film festival, critic Peter Rainer sees dozens of films - and says hello to Buzz Aldrin.
Senior Information
Alzheimer’s disease is an incurable, terminal condition that impairs thinking and behavior. There are some 222,300 people in Illinois who have Alzheimer’s disease. One thinks of this disease as affecting only older people, but early onset of Alzheimer’s happens, too.
‘Smart’ house helps those with dementia
The technology, developed by the Bath Institute of Medical Engineering at the University of Bath, has been designed to help people readjust to living on their own after a hospital stay and aims to reduce the risk of users being readmitted hospital or going into long-term care.