A Loving Look at Alzheimer's, and How to Deal with It

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If you or someone you know is dealing with a relative or friend with Alzheimer's, let them know that they're not alone in the confusing situation. It baffles the best of us, as you'll learn from the blogpost below. 

My friend Miriam Green writes the exceptional The Lost Kitchen blog, packed with love, insight and good recipes.

Get a taste of life when you click on the words "The Rain's Kindness" below:

Miriam Green shared The Lost Kitchen: An Alzheimer's Memoir and Cookbook's post.

Yesterday at 10:17am · 

I wish I could be more positive. Is it true we can get used to anything?

The Lost Kitchen: An Alzheimer's Memoir and Cookbook

Yesterday at 10:16am · 

I am devastated by the new normal. http://www.thelostkichen.org/…

The Rain's Kindness | The Lost Kitchen: An Alzheimer's Memoir and Cookbook

How naïve I was to think I could weather this devastation that is Alzheimer’s and maintain my wits. Mom is disintegrating before my very eyes. She is a changed ...

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and its predecessor offer lots of tips about how to cope with physical and other limitations when you're ill. This blog offers more coping ideas.

Today's update is a video for simplifying kitchen tasks. Created by "Mary Ann" from the television show "Gilligan's Island," it could spare you from lots of hand pain when you want to peel potatoes.

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Don't Let Cats Make You Crazy!

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I've held back from sharing the information below, concerned that some readers would consider it anti-kitty cat and worth ignoring. But I'm going to forego that concern now. I know of some people who've been badly affected by the filth cats present to human environments.

In brief, America's prestigious Walter Reed Army Institute of Research discovered that cat feces, undercooked beef or pork can literally cause schizophrenia in humans. Click on Selected Infectious Agents and Risk of Schizophrenia for news released this past January.

(sorry, but the American Journal of Psychiatry link isn't working so well at this time)

Did you skip that longish article with all the sophisticated medical words? Here's a quick review of it's major points:

1. PEOPLE EXPOSED TO TOXOPLASMA (the bad stuff in cat poo and undercooked meats) HAD A 24 PERCENT HIGHER RISK OF DEVELOPING SCHIZOPHRENIA THAN PEOPLE WHO HADN'T BEEN EXPOSED.

2. The difference is important, according to researchers, because the ability to explain even some of the 2 million cases of schizophrenia in the USA may offer clues to the disease and some possible treatments.

The lesson here is to mind your hygiene inside and outside the kitchen. Feline pets - even housepets kept relatively clean - aren't the only problem. Improperly prepared pork and beef are problems, too.

Do what you can to get rid of the risks.

As in get rid of the kitty (and all the cat poop), which was meant for the wild anyway.

If your children or grandchildren play in sandboxes (where cats LOVE to pee and poop), spend the money to provide sandboxes with snap-down lids for when they're not at play.

And see to it that you only eat properly cooked foods at home and elsewhere.

Need a motive to mind your menu? Americans are puzzled by an outbreak of salmonella that was once thought to be from commercially grown tomatoes. Investigators aren't so sure about the cause anymore. But it is obvious that you need clean food. Meanwhile, do what you can to protect your health (including your mental health) and that of your loved ones.

Read my book for tips on how to find out about similar risks before they can affect you. Scroll down the right-hand margin for purchase information.

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To your good health,

Yojeved Golani
Coping with a Medical Crisis?
Make the Changes You Need in Your Life.