[AccessD] Dirty property

[Steve Schapel]

Hi Bill

It is certainly a great idea to keep menatlly active.  But you are quite 
correct, doing so is not a defence against Alzheimer's.  Arthur's friend's 
comment appears pithy, but is unfortunately false.  As a former counsellor 
and psychotherapist, I specialised for a number of years in working with 
families of people with dementia, and it was indeed tragic to see the 
disease affecting highly intelligent and active people.  My youngest patient 
was in his 30s, so although it is much more likely to affect older people, 
it's not necessarily so.

Re your experience with your car, I think it is common for that sort of 
thing to happen occasionally.  In my own case, I went out a few weeks ago, 
and locked up the house even though my wife and daughter were still at home. 
But I would always recommend that people get medically checked if such 
experiences become more than occasional - just in case it is an early 
symptom of dementia, the sooner it is detected the better chance of 
something being done to improve it.

Regards
Steve

-----Original Message----- 
From: Bill Benson
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 9:48 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dirty property

Re: Alzheimers...

Sadly, I know some people who got alzheimer's disease who were very
mentally active up until the disease began to take hold. It is truly
tragic. M own memory, at age 49, is nowhere near what it was even 5-7 years
ago (and I am, I suspect, a pretty constant "thinker").

A couple nights ago I felt very strange walking towards my car, which I
bought new in April. It didn't seem like my car, I got in it, it just
didn't feel "familiar". This was the first time I actually felt the feeling
of something which I am in presence of every day, seeming less than 100
percent familiar to me, and I began to have the first inkling of what
alzheimers might be like for those starting to get it. I hope it was just
stess.
On Jul 25, 2015 6:22 AM, "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:

> As my best friend Peter Brawley likes to say, "The best defense against
> Alzheimer's is to keep thinking."
>
> Arthur
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