My name is Ji Soo Yi, and I am a Ph.D. student in the Health Systems
Institute at Georgia Tech. Our research team and I have developed a
tool to help people choose a nursing home. I wrote this message in
this newsgroup since I believe that some of people here might be

Just found this NG and I must say I almost feel guilty about posting here,
but here goes.
We have been caregiving for almost 5 years. Husband and I are both retired
and had some plans to do the things we always wanted, but I guess it wasn't

hope you can read this....sending it via google cos for 2 months not
had access since my isp dropped this group
just found Evelyns post..
im ok...only bit of whiplash and aching after the accident...Lorna my

Thanks Vince

Hi, all,
Well tonight hubby and I are going to put some furniture into my mom's
nursing home room.  She's only had a bed and nightstand in there to date.  I
don't know how she'll react when she sees a loveseat, bookshelf and other

Hi, I am Brenda from Tx and have been a lurker here for awhile.  Hubby
was diagnosed with AD in 2001.   He is now in a locked facility which
with the cost of his meds runs about $6000 a month.  I had to sell our
house and am living rent free in a house of one of my relatives.  We

A potential pathogenetic role of iron in Alzheimer's Disease.
Silvestri L, Camaschella C
J Cell Mol Med 2008 May 1.
The role of iron in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is

Flavonoid-mediated presenilin-1 phosphorylation reduces Alzheimer's
disease beta-amyloid production.
Rezai-Zadeh K, Shytle RD, Bai Y, Tian J, Hou H, Mori T, Zeng J, Obregon
D, Town T, Tan J.

Hi again, its Brenda from TX.  I talked to a attorney.   He wanted a
$5000 retainer before he would even  give me any advice about my
situation.  I thanked him and left.  Had to take hubby to the dentist
this week.  He had a fall in the locked unit and broke a tooth.   I

I am new to the entire deal.  My Gmom, who is the most wonderful person
in my life...my whole entire life, is suffering from this scary and
heartbraking disease.  I am her caretaker by choice.  I have had a lot
of tears and acceptance so far.  I don't think there are words to

Brain Res. 2008 Apr 7 [Epub ahead of print]
   Green tea epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) reduces beta-amyloid
mediated cognitive impairment and modulates tau pathology in Alzheimer
transgenic mice.

Does anyone have any information on this subject?  I am hearing that
it can really help AD!?  Please help!

My dad is 80 years old and stage 4 AD. More and more frequently says he
feels "weird" or "really strange". He says he doesn't hurt anywhere. I
question him further and he says he really can't describe it except to say
that he feels "disconnected from reality", whatever that means ...

Don't know if he is still reading, but today is Jules birthday.

I checked his website and he mentions it there.
http://www.julianhales.co.uk/main.htm