Meyers Leonard, an NBA player for the Portland Trail Blazers, helped his team beat the Memphis Grizzlies by scoring 13 points and collecting 13 rebounds in one game, but he would have given it all back to have overcome Alzheimer’s and the effect it has had on his family. In a recent visit to watch Meyers play live, he and his grandmother Rita Douma sat down to talk with Lesley Yanak, Director of Marketing for Koelsch Senior Communities and Chrissy Hall, Executive Director of Silver Creek Inn Memory Care Community in Mesa Arizona, about the disease that took the life of his grandfather Butch in January 2016.
Butch Douma was a brilliant man. As a teenager, he was an all-state center and earned a scholarship to play basketball at a university,
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“Going through that night drive, so black, without knowing where I was going, really scared me and I cried and prayed the whole way…but you know, when somebody tells me the world is trouble I tell them how good people are... People helped us, and they didn’t know us from Adam,” said Rita.
After driving home, Butch’s memory loss in conjunction with Rita’s health challenges resulted in Butch moving into Silver Creek Inn Memory Care Community in Mesa, Arizona, where he was cared for by a loving and caring staff in tandem with his wife Rita, who frequently visited.
“I recently bought him coloring books because he’s an artist. I thought that would bring back his artistic talents. He used to do crossword puzzles, but they became too hard for him. This man who flew and refurbished aircraft could no longer do the simplest of things. Alzheimer's is such an ugly disease. With other diseases, people know what will happen. This is a slow, ugly deterioration of a man who was so brilliant, so talented and used to say there weren’t enough hours in a day,” said
The Other Wes Moore is a novel that shows the different paths of two different men, one successful and the other not so fortunate. We discovered their different identities and how their choices and role models effect their lives. Wes 1 was led by his brave, hard working mother and the great military men. He didn't make incredibly great decisions but the people in his life helped him turn into the successful man he is today.However, Wes 2 had a brother who dealt drugs. The novel guides you through the 8 crazy years that led to Wes Moore 1's success and Wes Moore 2's life sentence for prison.
Literary villains are all around us. For instance, Voldemort from Harry Potter and Darth Vader from Star Wars. What makes a villain? They will go through anyone or damage anything to reach their goal. No matter how small or how tall they are, anyone can be a villain. One of the worst literary villains is Erik Fisher from Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor. He is a liar and a thief. Those traits are what makes the best villains. Throughout the book, Erik shows that he is a villain through his vile and offensive behavior, his need for power, and his insanity.
Pah-Lavan, Z. (2006). Alzheimer's disease: the road to oblivion. Journal of Community Nursing, 20(5), 4. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
Lisa Genova’s grandmother, who was 85 years old, had been showing signs of dementia for years; but she was a smart and independent woman who never complained, and she navigated around her symptoms. Her nine children and their spouses, as well as her grandchildren, passed off her mistakes to normal aging. Then they got the phone call when Lisa’s grandmot...
George Orwell’s famous book 1984 is a dystopian novel written in the year 1949. Dystopian books are about a fiction world in which things may sound perfect to some people but not to all. In 1984 there are a few Unorthodox people and some who think about rebelling against the government and the leader Big brother, but only a few actually do it. Winston is a main character that works in the newspaper department changing all the news to what Big brother wants to hear. Julia works in the same building but on a different floor. She too hates big brother and is ecstatic when she finds out Winston is the same way. The last character O’Brian acts like he rebels at first but over time you see that he was able to trick Winston and Julia into believing
Although Dick and Perry both committed a terrible crime of murder, Capote uses language to illustrate how Dick molded and changed Perry from a man into a killer;therefore, he claims an innocent person can be greatly affected and changed into an entirely different person by anothers actions.
An Alzheimer Patient needs proper medical care. A common concern of the family caregiver is about the longevity of the patient dwindling. Peterson, Fillenbaum, Pieper, and Heyman, in their study, concluded there are many factors as to why an Alzheimer’s patient should be placed in a nursing home; however, longevity should not be a factor since there is no change in the patient’s life span (2008). In the facility, the patient would have trained medical s...
...nal connection Alzheimer’s has to my life cannot see thorough fulfillment through research and garnering knowledge about the topic. I must follow in the steps of my grandmother and contribute to the cause to help those currently affected by the impairment but also look towards a future where a definitive treatment can slay the beast that is Alzheimer’s. Ways I can contribute to the cause include participating in Alzheimer’s Walks such as the one in Binghamton and continue my family’s dedication towards raising money for the Alzheimer’s association. In addition, knowing about the risk factors and causes gives me a better understanding of my personal risk for attaining the disease. However, this new knowledge does not frighten me or worry me about if my future will contain this diagnosis, but enables me to be prepared and ready to conquer any tribulation I encounter.
I agree that Tom Robinson is a mockingbird in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” as he had a good character, was totally innocent but was misunderstood by the rest of Maycomb for his skin colour, just like the description of the mockingbird as “innocent, misunderstood and victimized”.
Alzheimer’s disease slowly steals a person’s dignity and erases precious memories. The “Alzheimer’s Disease Guide”, found on WebMD explains that tasks become more difficult to do often leading to confusion and behavior changes. The article further explains the progression of the disease also brings hardship to family and friends (1). To best cope with Alzheimer’s we must better understand the disease.
The disease called Alzheimer’s is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States (Weiner, 1987). It is estimated that the elderly population will double between now and 2030. During this period, the number of elderly will grow by an average of 2.8% annually (U.S. Census Bureau, 2001). By 2050, the number of people with Alzheimer’s is estimated to range from 11.3 million to 16 million (Alzheimer’s Association, 2005). These startling numbers should prompt an examination into one of the leading causes of death among this group of people. Understanding what Alzheimer’s is and the known causes of the disease are a good starting point. For those who have aging family members, knowing the risk factors and warning signs of Alzheimer’s can be beneficial to both the patient and his family. Finally, once the patient has been diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s, a plan for treatment as well as providing the family and caregivers with a support system can help ease those involved through a very challenging, heartbreaking time.
Harmon, Dan. Life Out of Focus; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 1999.
When we meet other people we have first hand impressions of how they are. Sometimes due to things such as being more wealthy, having more friends, or even being more attractive leads people to believe that those with the positive characteristics are living the life. Not realizing that those people they thought were all good might have been through a lot or are not happy in life. The same can be said for people who have negative qualities that are not desired by many. Basically, appearances can be not as they seem and in the short story, “Young Goodman Brown” we see this play out as goodman brown faces the challenges of going in the forest for his evil journey. Through the different characters young good man brown meets, we see that appearances
Alzheimer’s can change the everyday life of a patient. To this day, Alzheimer’s is the fastest growing disease in the U.S. According to Alzheimer’s Association, “Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death and