USC seeks twins with Alzheimer’s for study

Published on July 18, 2012

Researchers at the University of Southern California are seeking twins with Alzheimer's for a study that seeks to help researchers understand risk factors for the disease. Participants will be interviewed about their life histories and their experience with Alzheimer's. The interviews can take place by phone, in the homes of the participants or at the university campus.

Romance and Disabilities

By Michelle K. Wolf
Published on February 12, 2012

Getting to know my dad, again

By Gary Wexler
Published on June 14, 2011

My 93-year-old father emerged as a different person when my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s five years ago. He became independent, assertive, interested and engaging. When my mother died in October, he even became a bit spiritual. He’s certainly not the exhausted father with whom I grew up, who often didn’t know what to say to me. As a teenager and young adult, I never thought we would have much of a relationship. But now, as I approach 60 and he nears 94, the engagement between us has blossomed, as it has with my brother and all our children. The relationship he now has with my wife has become his most significant. She handles his money.

Pingpong therapy brings net gains to Alzheimer’s patients

By Rachel Heller
Published on January 25, 2011

Usually, Fryda Dvorak needs a cane to move around. But put her behind a pingpong table and you wouldn’t know it. Dvorak, 86 and living with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, returns volley after volley with her confident lob, sometimes gritting her teeth in concentration as she reaches to hit the ball. She’s so focused on the game that she refuses to put the paddle down for a breather when her instructor, Irina, suggests they take a break.

I love you, Grandma, so I tell you lies

By Teresa Strasser
Published on October 29, 2008

The emotional landmines of family caregiving

Published on June 19, 2008

A painful situation for the primary caregiver occurs when another close relative does little or nothing to help, but they are adored and praised by the senior anyway.

The emotional landmines of family caregiving

Published on June 19, 2008

A painful situation for the primary caregiver occurs when another close relative does little or nothing to help, but they are adored and praised by the senior anyway.