New Age of Caregiving Symposium 2012

I wanted to get in touch with you regarding the upcoming New Age of Caregiving Symposium 2012 which will be held on Friday, November 16 at the Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park.

Last year’s event was a huge success and we are excited to be bringing this opportunity to the Greater Tampa Bay again (if you are not in the Tampa Bay area or unavailable to attend on November 16, please share this with any connections that could benefit from it).

This entire day is devoted to supporting and nurturing the family and professional caregiver. Our intention is to provide new information, new resources and new guidance to help you create balance in your very busy and challenging lives.

Are you open to the idea of getting a massage, experiencing healing sound therapy, learning about nutrition that can prevent Alzheimer’s disease, laughing at yourself, meeting new people or finding out what resources are available to pay for home care? I hope so. Over 80 sponsors have come together to share their products and services to address your needs and wants because they care. You are encouraged to visit each vendor and spend time asking them questions. We live in an amazing community that embraces the art of collaboration and energetically this creates a sense of commitment that can only enhance the caregiving journey. There is no other healthcare-senior-caregiver event like this symposium. You are in for a grand day that has the ability to transform your daily life.

This year’s theme is healing and inspiration. When you review the line-up of speakers, breakout session leaders and honored guests you will see how much thought went into providing varied and numerous modalities that will encourage you to heal your mind, body & spirit. Our commitment to inspiring you will unfold as the day progresses. It could be a simple word, a piece of artwork, a healing touch that will ignite hope, excitement and purpose into your life. We thank you for joining us and send you love and light all year long.

Space is going quickly, so click and book your tickets today: http://newageofcaregivingsymposium.com/register/

For more information about the speakers, agenda, special services and more visit our official website: http://newageofcaregivingsymposium.com

Any questions?  Please let me know.  I would be happy to answer them for you.

Warmly,
Kim

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this is an email i received so for those of you interested I am posting it.

God Bless,
joe

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A week gone & Happy 4th to All.

I am glad that last week has past, the crashing out of bed, 8.5 hours at the hospital on sunday. Monday got to relax, the tuesday spent  2 hours iat the dentist, proded and poked and xrayed and open and shut measure this and that, looking into a apnea device for my mouht the mask and i do not get along at all. Then wednesday, good old phychiatrist, they are so non commital and say keep doing what you doing, well i do not want to. Dieing sucks, not knowing what day it is anymore sucks, forgetting where the day went sucks, life sucks so there. Then spent hour and a half at the eye doctors, how wonderful, pull this lid then that one blind me with this light agnd then the next put drops is to measure pressure i guess, that process was met with a bit of resistence, you do not touch my eyes. Then we put all types of drops in them so I can no longer see shit and they take pictures of them. Finally the Doctor arrives and he fuckin blinds me with lights. We discuss a cataract that is in the left eye, he suggested to leave it for now and not operate, smartest thing i heard all week.  But need new glasses.

This week comes and somehow some way a sctrewed up my back and need my brace to move and my scooter to get atround. I know it ends sometime, but when is that time. i forgot what i was going to say.
Oh well take care.

God Bless & Keep You & This Country of Ours - Especially OUR TROOPS.
joe

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Faces and Names don't always match.

The other day i do not remember when it was my younest daughter and i were siting on the couch talking and I looked at her and could not remember her name. Which is Kathryn. I tried to say it but i just was not able to. Finally it came out and she just looked at me and said you forgot my name, tried to cover it up, but she had me dead to rites. We did laugh about it, but it bothers me. Living with us she understands more about what is happening then the other kids and she just  I think the word is placates me, and says don't worry dad it is ok.

God Bless & Keep You & This Country of Ours!
joe

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Hello

just a note to say i am still here.  my days are shorter with sleeping a lot. have reduced meds. my brain is not lear on what to say all days seem the same, nothing seems to become any clearer  i just do not know what it is that i want to do anymore, wife leaves things on the calednar and well who the hell looks at it not me. I cannot remmmeber one moment to the next. my sense of humor is also leaving. You know i get upset and then am told to calm down and what i did or said is wrong. pisses me off. I feel like just not talking anymore, hell things do not come out right and then i get those looks, you know them you have given them yourselevs me too. I am starting to feel that this is my fault, although it isnot. It is just hell inside this mind of mine and growing worse by the day. With those of us out here telling, yelling, being gentle, when the fuck do we get heard. screw the rich and famous most of us are regular folks and our stories are important, i think but mainstream does not even those orgs that are supporedlly their for us.

take care and be good to yourself.

God Bless & Keep You & This Country of Ours!
joe

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Care Givers Listings

I have added a resource list for caregivers and nursing home guides. To help those of you who take care of us get help and share your stories with others. Hope you find this helpful. All of the slistings come from emails i received going back over a year or more, so I am slow at getting things done. I still have others to go over before I list when I next remember.  Enjoy.

I think i got the links correct, i know you all willl let me know if not.

God Bless & Keep You & This Country of Ours!
joe

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New Drug Target For Alzheimer's, Stroke Is Discovered

From Alzheimer's Disease Research

October 17, 2011

University at Buffalo scientists have discovered a tiny piece of a critical receptor that fuels the brain as a promising new drug target for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

"This is the first time that this site has been shown to be useful as a drug target," says Gabriela K. Popescu, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry in UB's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and senior author on the study. The research on the NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor was published online October 11 in Nature Communications.

"If we could find a drug that attaches itself to this site and locks together NMDA receptor subunits, that would be huge for fighting disability from stroke, Alzheimer's, and other neurodegenerative diseases," Popescu said.

The research focuses on the brain's receptors for the neurotransmitter, glutamate, which is implicated in these diseases as well as in other conditions, such as glaucoma. The two main glutamate receptors in the brain are NMDA and AMPA receptors, both of which play critical roles in human learning and memory. Both types of receptors are made of four subunits and within each receptor these subunits are organized in pairs called dimers.

Because these receptors are similar in structure, scientists had assumed that they function in much the same way.

"But when we altered the dimer interface, the site where two subunits come together within each pair, we found that the NMDA receptor works just the opposite of the way that the AMPA receptor works," Popescu said. "Cementing this interface in AMPA receptors leads to more activity, whereas we found just the opposite to be true in NMDA receptors."

By locking the subunits together, the UB researchers were able to achieve a marked reduction in NMDA activity and, subsequently, a marked reduction in the amount of calcium that enters neurons in response to the neurotransmitter glutamate. Calcium overload due to overactive NMDA receptors is what eventually kills off neurons, Popescu said, leading to the symptoms that occur after a stroke, and in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

"The fact that by cross-linking the subunits, we could so dramatically reduce NMDA receptor activation demonstrates, for the first time, the tantalizing possibility that we may be able to develop new therapies that can much more effectively treat, or even one day prevent, some of these devastating diseases, like Alzheimer's and stroke," Popescu says.

And, because each type of NMDA receptor has a slightly different dimer interface, Popescu says, this finding represents a new opportunity for rationally designing drugs that would preferentially inhibit only a select population of NMDA receptors in the brain, thus reducing the possibility of side effects.

Currently, the Alzheimer's drug called Namenda, one of the only existing pharmaceuticals that inhibit the NMDA receptor, targets a different site within the receptor.

"If a new drug could be developed to target the dimer interface, which we discovered to be inhibitory, it would allow more specific effects than current drugs," Popescu said. "That's because at this particular interface, the interactions between these subunit interfaces are more precise than those currently being targeted."

Adapted from the University at Buffalo

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Removing the Mystery: Top 49 Blogs About Parkinson’s Disease

I have posted an article from Health Care Technicians, it is also a permanent link of my site. Hope you find some help in it.  CLICK THE TITLE TO GO TO THE PAGE!

God Bless & Keep You & This Country of Ours!
joe

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