http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22598863/
Dementia patients live about 4 1/2 years
Study could help caregivers plan for patients with Alzheimer's
Reuters

My brother-in-law is up half the night.  My sister is so worn out from being
up with him.  He claims she doesn't let him sleep but it is the other way
around.  She has given him medication to sleep but for some reason it doesn't
do any good.

I haven't written for a while but do  people with Alzheimer's demand a lot of
attention?  Are they aware of that?  My sister and I work on crossword
puzzles and as soon as we do that , he wants to go to bed.  And he wants her
in the bedroom with him, just sitting there.  He tells ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080109091102.htm
Reversal Of Alzheimer's Symptoms Within Minutes In Human Study
ScienceDaily (Jan. 9, 2008) — An extraordinary new scientific study,
which for the first time documents marked improvement in Alzheimer’s

A friend in her mid-50's is in crisis.  I work in the social service
field in a part-time capacity, with the elderly (functioning elderly),
but do not know what to tell her.  She's in the gray zone of having
taken care of and "propped up" an elderly woman in severe decline whom