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Am I just getting old or is it something else?
The Brampton Guardian
Sunday July 27 2008
Brampton Senior Citizens Council
 
BRAMPTON - When you can’t find your glasses or forget someone’s name— don’t panic. Complaints of memory loss can be a normal part of aging.
Alzheimer’s disease is not. It is a progressive disease, not simply a part of old age.
Ultimately it affects all aspects of a person’s life— how they think, feel and act. Symptoms vary with each person as does how quickly the disease progresses. The Alzheimer’s Foundation, a new group in Canada, recently released results of an Ipsos survey, done in June with 1,390 adults between ages of 40 and 60, reporting that 6 in 10 aging baby boomers have experienced some short term memory loss in the past year.
About 69 per cent of these said they would be interested in memory screening and the foundation plans to hold a national screening day in November with memory screening booths set up in pharmacies across Canada. For more information on Alzheimer’s disease you can visit www.alzheimer.ca or call the local Alzheimer Society of Peel at 905-792-1319.    
Brampton Library offers current resources that can answer questions you may have or increase your knowledge about all aspects of Alzheimer’s disease. Visit www.bramptonlibrary.ca
The Myth of Alzheimer’s: What you aren’t being told about today’s most dreaded diagnosis by Peter J. Whitehouse, M.D., Ph.D. (2008) With Daniel George, M.Sc. The author challenges everything we thought we knew about brain aging, teaches how to approach memory loss and how to prevent some of the normal effects of aging.
Losing my Mind: An Intimate Look at Life with Alzheimer’s by Thomas DeBaggio (2002)   “…dreaming of a perfect and healthy old age....Now, at 58, I realize the foolishness of my dreams as I watch my brain self-destruct from Alzheimer's.” Losing My Mind is an inspiring account of DeBaggio’s early onset of Alzheimer's disease that he began writing from the first day of his diagnosis that charts the ups and downs of his failing mind.
The Alzheimer’s Action Plan: The experts guide to the best diagnosis and treatment for memory problems by P. Murali Doraiswamy, M.D. and Lisa P. Gwyther, M.S.W with Tina Adler (2008).  
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