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From time to time, the Penn Memory Center will share selected pieces from Making Sense of Alzheimer’s, a project that explores how people understand and live with Alzheimer’s disease. Through essays, stories, and reflections, this series brings forward voices from patients, caregivers, clinicians, researchers, artists, and writers. On a rainy Tuesday, Carl Duzen pulls open the garage door to his Havertown home as his wife, Susan Jewett, watches from the dry kitchen. He goes inside, dives into his toolbox — “he loves his tools,” Susan says — and finds a screwdriver. An old clunker of a television is positioned under Read More The post Finding beauty in what remains appeared first on Penn Memory Center. Continue reading Finding beauty in what remains

From time to time, the Penn Memory Center will share selected pieces from Making Sense of Alzheimer’s, a project that explores how people understand and live with Alzheimer’s disease. Through essays, stories, and reflections, this series brings forward voices from patients, caregivers, clinicians, researchers, artists, and writers. Her car parked on the side of a steep Green Lane, Michele Davis looks out over her hometown. Ahead, there’s the iconic Manayunk Bridge, the face of the neighborhood visible to passers-by on the Schuylkill Expressway. Below, there’s Main Street, where 20-somethings fill the streets on warm summer afternoons and the bars on Read More The post Typical Day appeared first on Penn Memory Center. Continue reading Typical Day

By Dalia Elsaid A blood test that costs a fraction of a brain scan could spare patients unnecessary procedures and give doctors more confidence in a diagnosis, according to a recent study.   Researchers followed 100 memory clinic patients who received a new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease. The test improved diagnostic confidence, reduced unnecessary imaging, and underscored the need for emotional support after results are shared.  Diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease has long relied on procedures that are costly, invasive, or difficult to access, including brain scans that cost thousands of dollars and spinal fluid tests many patients find uncomfortable. A study published this spring Read More The post Blood test for Alzheimer’s reduces need for costly brain scans, study finds appeared first on Penn Memory Center. Continue reading Blood test for Alzheimer’s reduces need for costly brain scans, study finds

The post The Stories We Tell: Cultural Narratives of Dementia and Aging appeared first on Penn Memory Center. Continue reading The Stories We Tell: Cultural Narratives of Dementia and Aging

From time to time, the Penn Memory Center will share selected pieces from Making Sense of Alzheimer’s, a project that explores how people understand and live with Alzheimer’s disease. Through essays, stories, and reflections, this series brings forward voices from patients, caregivers, clinicians, researchers, artists, and writers. Alzheimer’s Disease impacts both its victims and the people who care for them. Poet Holly Hughes knows this all too well, having cared for her mother as she went through the stages of Alzheimer’s disease. As a poet, it was only natural for her to find solace in works of poetry. After her Read More The post Beyond Forgetting appeared first on Penn Memory Center. Continue reading Beyond Forgetting

The post Polluted Minds: The Surprising Connection Between Pollution and Alzheimer’s Disease appeared first on Penn Memory Center. Continue reading Polluted Minds: The Surprising Connection Between Pollution and Alzheimer’s Disease

The post WHealthcare: Maximizing Wealth and Health with Aging appeared first on Penn Memory Center. Continue reading WHealthcare: Maximizing Wealth and Health with Aging

From time to time, the Penn Memory Center will share selected pieces from Making Sense of Alzheimer’s, a project that explores how people understand and live with Alzheimer’s disease. Through essays, stories, and reflections, this series brings forward voices from patients, caregivers, clinicians, researchers, artists, and writers. “In 2010 we were hiking on this huge mountain in Arizona. I got scared, and I didn’t want to climb it. I wanted to go back. But there had been a rain, and all the signs were knocked out. Two other women wanted to go back to the base with me, and we Read More The post Scaling mountains for a new perspective appeared first on Penn Memory Center. Continue reading Scaling mountains for a new perspective

The post Fragile Science: How the World Forgot and Rediscovered Alzheimer’s Disease appeared first on Penn Memory Center. Continue reading Fragile Science: How the World Forgot and Rediscovered Alzheimer’s Disease

From time to time, the Penn Memory Center will share selected pieces from Making Sense of Alzheimer’s, a project that explores how people understand and live with Alzheimer’s disease. Through essays, stories, and reflections, this series brings forward voices from patients, caregivers, clinicians, researchers, artists, and writers. Patricia Moss-Vreeland has been researching memory for 20 years. The fruits of this research can be seen in her body of work that relates to memory, including a series of digital prints that was on display at Penn Memory Center, “Layers of Memory: Pigment Prints.” The collection of digital prints bring together in Read More The post Metaphoric experiences of memories appeared first on Penn Memory Center. Continue reading Metaphoric experiences of memories