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How To Cope With Sleep Problems In Alzheimers Disease & Dementia

November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

This video describes some of the sleep problems which may occur in dementia and some techniques to try. Your comments and suggestions would be appreciated! This is an excerpt from the DementiaEd DVD ‘Challenging Behaviour in Dementia’ which is available from the Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Stirling at their dementia resource shop www.dementiashop.co.uk (www.dementiashop.co.uk Also available is the DementiaEd DVD ‘Your’re the Expert: The Relationship Between Brain and Behaviour’
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The Nutrition and Effects of Nuts

November 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Nutrition and Effects of Nuts

Article by Chenxia Wang









There are various kinds of nuts in our daily life, such as almond, peanut, hazelnut, melon seed and so on. These nuts not only contain abundant nutrition, but also have a lot of health-care effects on human body.

Walnut is regarded as “the king of antioxidant”. It contains a variety of nutrients, such as linoleic acid, linolenic acid, phospholipids, vitamin E and carotene, all of which are very helpful to protect the cardiovascular, and prevent diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke, cardiovascular, senile dementia, and so on. The elderly people can eat one or two walnuts every day, which is very good on their health. However, walnut is hot in nature, and it contains a large number of oil and fat, so you should not eat too much each time. What’s more, it is not suitable for those who suffer from diarrhea.

To those who often work overtime or who have an irregular diet, they can choose cashew nut as snack. Cashew contains great amounts of oil and fat, which not only can relax bowel, but is also helpful to moisten and beautify the skin. In addition, cashew contains a high content of vitamin B1, which is only less than that of sesame and peanut. Vitamin B1 has the effect of enhancing physical strength and eliminating fatigue. However, cashew is not suitable for those who suffer from diarrhea, obesity and allergy.

Hazelnut can help to keep the nutrition balance of daily diet, so the parents can take hazelnut as the best snack for their children; If you suffer from poor sleep or insomnia, you can eat some sunflower seeds every day. It can not only provide vitamin E which is essential to human body, but is also very effective to treat neurasthenia; Almond is the best choice for the diabetes patients or menopausal women; Pumpkin seeds are the most suitable for the patients who suffer from high blood pressure or prostate disease; Peanut is very helpful for the patients with tuberculosis and tumor; Pine nut contains a large number of fat, palm alkali, naphtha, and so on. It can relax bowel movement and alleviate diarrhea, and it is especially suitable for the elderly and physically weak people, as well as the postpartum women who suffer from constipation.

Although nuts are nutritious and healthy, they contain a lot of fat and calorie, so you should not eat too much. Otherwise, it will bring adverse effects on your body.



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Sleep problems indicate dementia risk

October 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Sleeping may indicate your risk for dementia or Parkinson’s disease, decades down the line.
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Dementia Bedding ?Cocoon Bed for Dementia Sufferers from Health and Care

September 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Dementia Bedding ?Cocoon Bed for Dementia Sufferers from Health and Care

Currently one person in every 88 in the UK has Dementia. This is mainly because of the UK’s ageing population. However, conditions such as high cholesterol and blood pressure, and lack of exercise are also thought to increase the risk. The demand for Alzheimer bedding and Alzheimer beds is now high due to the increase in sufferers across the UK.

Specialist dementia beds and dementia bedding are now available to help prevent sleep suffocation and sleep injuries to dementia sufferers. Lashing out or punching whilst asleep is a symptom of dementia and sufferers require a special bed that helps to limit serious injury. The Orthodocs Cocoon from Health and Care is a totally enclosed mattress and bumper system. It has been design and produced in direct response to the needs of hospitals, nursing homes and home carers who have experienced problems associated with bed entrapment and injury.

Dementia is on the increase and unfortunately so are the incidents involving patients suffering flailing limb injuries whilst sleeping. Sufferers of dementia who have hit out whilst asleep have hit bed rails and this has resulted in serious injury and death. From the care giving institutions point of view accidents of this nature have led to substantial negligence claims, taking scarce resource away from the frontline delivery of care. The Orthodocs Cocoon has been designed to be a single and affordable solution to reduce risk of entrapment, injuries and death.

The design of the Orthodocs Cocoon has been based on research of cases of bed entrapment. This work has been vindicated by a document published by the Medical Devices Agency, Report EL8, “Bed safety Equipment, an Evaluation that highlights the potential dangers associated with the use of bed rails and draws attention to the need for full risk assessment programme. Nursing staff who are familiar with the Orthodocs Cocoon have found that dementia patients who were given the Orthodocs Cocoon were found to have improved sleep patterns.

The Orthodocs Cocoon is a Class 1 Medical Device which is designed to help prevent bed rail entrapment and is available from Health and Care.co.uk. with the option of VAT relief. Health and Care also stock a range of Dementia care products including Bed and Chair Occupancy alarms, Water Overflow alarms and Anti-Wander alarms.

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Interview with Dr Stone, Author of Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Hypoxia, and Risk of MCI and Dementia

September 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Hypoxia, and Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Older Women JAMA.2011;306(6):613-619.
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