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Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL000213A
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00:01 Have you ever had one of those days
00:02 when you just could not find your keys? 00:06 But I got one better. 00:07 Have you ever climbed to the top of your stairs 00:10 and don't remember why you are up there? 00:14 Well, our program today Alzheimer's the overview. 00:52 Hi, welcome to Abundant Living. 00:54 This is Curtis Eakins. 00:55 Like to introduce my beautiful bride 00:57 of 20 glorious, wonderful years... 01:01 Paula Eakins. 01:02 You bride over 20 years, 01:05 I thought you're gonna keep it rolling but-- 01:06 No, I just want to hear your voice now. 01:08 Okay. Okay. 01:09 And that was the wonderful keys too. 01:10 Did you find your keys 01:11 or you went to the top of the stairs? 01:15 I forgot what I say it. 01:16 Just forgot what you say it? 01:18 Maybe we need to do this program for you then. 01:19 No. 01:21 Well, we will see as we move to through 01:22 because I'm sure you've a lot to say 01:24 about Alzheimer's and dementia. 01:25 Yes, we do. 01:26 As a matter of fact, we just finished having a program 01:30 that we were-- we open house-- 01:33 opened to the community for people to come in 01:35 and talk about dementia and Alzheimer's. 01:37 We opened it up 01:38 and I mean, the place was crowded 01:40 with people not only those 01:42 who were those coming in to get information 01:44 but they actually brought the clients with them. 01:47 Yes, right. 01:48 Yeah, my mother, she is the seniors ministry director 01:50 for First Church here Huntsville, Alabama 01:54 and she has meetings every now and then, 01:57 maybe every quarter. 01:58 So since we've children, 02:00 she also come in and do seminars. 02:02 Last month I guess it was Alzheimer's 02:05 and was the largest crowd I guess in years about 60. 02:09 And so have large caregivers as well. 02:12 Did she pay you for that seminar? 02:14 I don't remember. 02:15 I don't remember either but-- 02:17 Because you know, we are part time for conference 02:19 so did she give you a check? 02:21 I think that you better move on 02:23 because, you know, your mother 02:24 will eventually see this program itself 02:25 and I think you're gonna have to answer. 02:27 So yes mother, we did get the money. 02:29 Okay, you did. I got it, I got it. 02:30 So what you did with the money? 02:31 I don't know where I put it. 02:32 Okay, so-- 02:34 That was a good answer to, you don't remember, okay. 02:36 But I'll ask you a question because a lot of people came 02:40 and lot of people came 02:41 also with a concern about dementia 02:43 and they were asking questions. 02:44 So what exactly is dementia? 02:47 Yeah, dementia is just simply 02:50 a loss of memory where to the point 02:52 where you cannot really function on a daily basis. 02:56 I mean, it's so severe that 02:57 you cannot really perform your daily duties. 03:01 There's many causes of dementia, 03:03 loss of memory such as alcohol abuse. 03:07 That can cause a loss of memory. 03:09 Brain injury can do it. 03:11 TIA's transient ischemic attacks, 03:15 depression, low thyroid, hypothyroidism 03:20 all those can be causes of losing ones memory. 03:24 And so that's dementia the general form of dementia 03:28 but we're gonna be talking about that 03:29 but also in particular Alzheimer's as well 03:32 which is a part of dementia. 03:34 Okay, well, I'm sure that 03:35 okay, from what you are saying about dementia 03:38 then as probably not why I couldn't find my keys 03:40 and remember what happen when I'm on stairs 03:42 so perhaps I should go to the next definition. 03:44 Maybe that one is more like me and that's Alzheimer's. 03:49 Could you kind of talk about that? 03:51 Yeah, I don't think it's like you 03:52 because we've been what together for 20 years 03:54 and I don't think you have Alzheimer's right now. 03:58 Well, not at this moment 03:59 I mean maybe you know, later on but not right now. 04:02 You're doing pretty good, yeah. 04:04 Great, so how about describing that then? 04:07 Let me be the, let me be the judge of it, 04:08 let me try to figure it out as-- 04:10 With severe Alzheimer's if I would know, 04:12 Oh, okay. 04:13 yeah, I'll be the one that kind of tell you. 04:14 Okay, so how about defining it then? 04:17 Alzheimer's? 04:18 Hey, let's do it at this time, okay. 04:20 Okay, let's go. 04:21 So Alzheimer's is really the damage of brine cells 04:26 is called nerve lock 04:27 we call never cells, brain cells. 04:30 The brain cells that die and therefore this no firing 04:34 with one brain cell to the next 04:36 therefore there's gonna be some impairment 04:38 as far as cognition is concerned, 04:40 learning skills et cetera 04:42 and is growing at a increasing rate. 04:45 I think we have a first graphic here. 04:46 Let's go to our first graphic 04:47 and see the rate of Alzheimer's in this country. 04:50 Let's go to screen at this time. 04:52 You see here that, 04:53 now again if you notice here around eight of sixteen 04:58 where people start to be diagnosed 05:00 with Alzheimer's diseases around 60 05:03 and then of course 70 to 79 really increases, 05:07 then once you reach 80 to 89 it really increases 05:12 and then of course 90 and above 05:15 it almost increased again. 05:17 The women diagnosed with Alzheimer's more than men. 05:22 And one of reason why because women 05:25 tend to last longer, live longer 05:27 so of course women will be diagnosed little bit more. 05:30 And thanks for the graphic. 05:31 But so it's about one in eight if you're over 65. 05:36 Okay. Okay. 05:37 The projection in about 15 years 05:40 if Jesus delays His coming it will be one in two. 05:46 One in two? 05:47 In about 15 years 2030. 05:50 So, I mean, because began 05:53 the baby boomers are turning 65, 10,000 a day. 05:59 Alzheimer's is usually around in the 60th decade of life. 06:03 So you can see now that is really climbing. 06:05 It's about five million right now. 06:07 So lot of people having in and right now 06:10 it's the six largest cause of death in United States. 06:13 So Alzheimer's diseases is very crippling 06:16 and it can basically can become fatal 06:20 within the first six, eight years after diagnoses. 06:23 So, I guess the question would be then 06:25 I know that those who are watching the show 06:28 are trying to find out what then are the signs 06:31 that individual is actually suffering from Alzheimer's? 06:34 Okay, the Alzheimer's Association 06:36 has really mentioned about ten basic signs of Alzheimer's. 06:42 Again now if a person is experiencing Alzheimer's 06:45 usually they may not be aware of it themselves. 06:47 So normally if family member 06:50 will notice some of those signs. 06:52 Now again if a person is living alone 06:55 then it's gonna be difficult because sometime 06:57 they may not recognize those signs right away. 06:59 So normally another family member can discover the sign. 07:02 Let's go to the screen, 07:03 we have ten signs we'll go five at a time. 07:05 Let's go to the screen for the first of five right there. 07:07 The warning signs, number one, 07:10 loss of memory that disrupts life. 07:13 For lot of people yeah, I can't forget something 07:15 but Alzheimer's is really a loss of memory 07:18 where it really affects your daily life 07:22 and you cannot really retrace your steps. 07:24 Number two, you have problems in solving problems. 07:29 Managing a check book. 07:30 When a person can do that 07:32 but now all of a sudden is very difficult 07:35 or doing a favorite recipe 07:37 they can no longer do a favorite recipe, all right. 07:41 Number three, difficulty in completing task. 07:44 This can be at home, at work. 07:48 Forgetting the rules of a game that person plays now 07:52 and then just cannot remember 07:53 what that rule is or that kind of thing. 07:56 Number four, confusion with time or place. 08:01 In other words, wait a minute, how did I get here? 08:05 Where am I? 08:06 What I need to do once I'm here? 08:08 Now that was all A's 08:10 where you can really kind of retrace your step 08:12 but here Alzheimer's you just simply confuse 08:14 is to how you got to this place 08:17 and what you need to do once you get there. 08:19 The last one in this group, 08:21 trouble understanding visual relationship. 08:25 In other words, 08:27 they have trouble in five distance. 08:31 Color perception, 08:33 if a person is near or far away 08:35 because now it is affecting the occipital lobe 08:38 the back of the brain. 08:40 So those are the first five signs 08:42 as far as Alzheimer's is concerned. 08:44 So and now let's go the next five 08:46 and let's go with that as well. 08:48 The next five. New problems with words. 08:51 In other words, they cannot really carry on a conversation, 08:55 they may get to a middle of a sentence 08:58 and simply forget what do I say next. 09:01 I mean, they just, simply just lost it where. 09:04 You know, sings of just kind of all age 09:06 is where you forget what word to use. 09:08 That's old age but Alzheimer's 09:10 you just stop in a middle of the sentence, 09:12 you have no idea what to say next, all right. 09:16 The next one, misplacing things. 09:19 Now misplacing your keys is not a problem, 09:22 you can retrace your step you find your keys. 09:25 But misplacing keys where you put your car keys 09:28 in a microwave, in the freezer. 09:32 Okay, you see the difference there, 09:33 major difference. 09:35 Next one, decreased or poor judgment 09:39 where you have a poor judgment for as grooming. 09:43 Not be able to groom yourself 09:44 or maybe giving strangers large sums of money, 09:48 the poor judgment, all right. 09:50 Another one, withdrawal from work, 09:52 home or place where a person may be sociable 09:56 but they no longer sociable they withdraw themselves. 09:59 Now old age it could be fine I'm just tired or depressed. 10:04 But Alzheimer's is that 10:06 you simply knock themselves anymore. 10:08 The last one, 10:10 changes in mood and personality. 10:13 The person simply changes their personality. 10:17 They are now more fearful, they are more confused, 10:22 they anxious, they are suspicious, 10:25 somebody trying to get me. 10:27 So those are some of the signs of Alzheimer's diseases. 10:30 Those kind of things 10:31 so therefore, we have to be mindful 10:33 and be mindful that you may not have 10:37 to explain us all of those symptoms 10:39 but when more those symptoms a person experience 10:41 to the more we can determine that person has Alzheimer's. 10:45 Well, I guess I mean, that's a lot. 10:46 Yes it is. 10:47 If somebody is living alone is gonna be a lot harder 10:50 for someone to diagnose that or even for them. 10:53 Okay, but now if they have someone is there with them 10:56 they might be able to see a difference 10:58 in the family member 10:59 and know that something going on. 11:01 So I guess the next thing then would be 11:03 what kind of testing is done to determine 11:06 if a person's experiencing Alzheimer's. 11:08 Yeah, the testing is not conclusive. 11:12 We have to go with doctors 11:13 who specializes in neurology for testing 11:16 but there are certain tests-- 11:18 there's one simple test you can do 11:21 if you suspect a loved one has Alzheimer's. 11:24 Simply what you do is you draw a circle 11:27 on a piece of paper, 11:29 tell that person to fill in that circle 11:32 with the numbers of a clock. 11:34 Okay. 11:35 With Alzheimer's they have a hard problem doing that 11:38 because now you are talking about visual perception. 11:41 They can't put a 12 here, 11:43 six here, three and nine. 11:46 They have a hard problem just doing that. 11:49 That's a simple test that you can do. 11:52 More of a standard test 11:54 is the Alzheimer's disease assessment scale, all right, 11:59 where a doctor simply administer that test. 12:02 Another test is called the mini-mental state exam. 12:07 Mini-mental state exam, all right, 12:10 takes about maybe 10 or 15 minutes, 12:13 series of questions, you answer the questions 12:15 and then you have a score to enter that test 12:18 and determine your score more or less determine 12:21 whether a person is experiencing 12:22 Alzheimer's diseases. 12:23 So those are two main test are out there 12:26 that can be administered by a person or professional 12:30 who does administer those two types of test as well. 12:32 Okay, so what that amounts me to then 12:34 you have to actually go somewhere, 12:36 you have to take the person that 12:37 somewhere to take the test. 12:39 Yeah, a professional 12:40 who actually specializes in that diseases. 12:42 But now the clock that can be done at home? 12:45 Yeah, now the clock you can do that at home 12:46 just kind of self test. 12:48 I mean, its not that scientific but at least that's a start 12:51 but usually most family members 12:54 would discover that their loved one, 12:57 because you have wondering they may go out the house 13:02 with their pajamas, may not come back. 13:06 Because it dealt with first temporal lobe, 13:09 then occipital lobe, parietal lobe 13:12 and the frontal lobe. 13:13 See, then therefore the whole brain is affected. 13:16 But its three different stages so depends on what stage 13:19 that person is determines their behavior, 13:23 the personality, the perception 13:26 where they are, forgetfulness 13:28 where you just told somebody something five minutes ago, 13:32 they keep asking you over and over and over again. 13:37 As the person who just, you know, up there in age 13:40 may forget something then they may remember later on 13:43 but person with Alzheimer's 13:45 they will keep asking you over and over and over again. 13:47 So you know there something is going on 13:48 so usually that's to tell, tell sign 13:52 when some of those symptoms 13:54 where a person simply knock themselves anymore. 13:57 Okay, that's very serious. 13:58 Yes, it is. 14:00 That's very serious. 14:01 Okay, so now if that's going on 14:03 with the individual experiencing Alzheimer's 14:06 then of course what about that caregiver 14:10 and that family member 14:11 if its happen to take care of that individual? 14:13 Yeah, the caregiver sometimes 14:16 in just dealing with their family members 14:18 in general sometime be suffered 14:20 because sometime the caregiver 14:23 kind of pass first before the person they are caring for, 14:26 because its really a burden not only financially 14:30 but more or less emotionally. 14:33 Some people have a hard time dealing with this 14:35 than someone actually dies. 14:37 Because you see the person right in front of them, 14:39 right in front of yourself, 14:41 your loved one, family member 14:43 and they do not even recognize you. 14:46 There are some times hard to deal with even more 14:48 so than a person who actually dies. 14:50 I mean, because the person is right there 14:52 but who actually, who are you? 14:55 You are the mother, father, 14:56 or brother, sister, daughter, son, whatever. 14:59 So but Mitchell came, she came with, 15:04 she came to the First Church in Huntsville 15:06 when we did the Alzheimer's Association. 15:09 She is a Alzheimer representative in a community. 15:14 Let's go to the screen because there is a 1-800 number 15:17 that people can call for emotional support. 15:19 Let's go to the screen at this time. 15:21 Here's the Alzheimer's Resources 15:23 and this is the 1-800 hotline everybody. 15:25 That's 1-800-272-3900 15:32 and that's a 1-800 hotline. 15:34 Anybody can call here in United States 15:37 for caregivers, for referrals, for emotional support. 15:41 Now if you call during the working hours 15:45 the now hotline will transfer you 15:46 over to your local Alzheimer's Association. 15:51 Now in addition to that the Alzheimer's.com 15:53 that's Alz.org on the screen there. 15:57 They have a lot of web-base learning, 16:00 e-learning for health professionals, 16:03 health caregivers also that purple-- 16:07 "Praise in Purple, " there's on the screen there 16:10 that's a new program 16:13 where Mitchell came with more less her idea 16:15 from the Holy Spirit in Huntsville 16:17 where this is more or less 16:19 she deals to churches in a community 16:22 and people wear purple. 16:24 This more or less give Alzheimer's a awareness day. 16:27 So at your church 16:29 people may wear purple at their church. 16:33 May have a seminar or maybe some workshops 16:35 or table with informational Alzheimer's diseases. 16:39 And so she goes throughout the neighborhood, 16:40 then throughout the city and she has a passionate 16:42 for Alzheimer's because she-- 16:44 her's family were touched by Alzheimer's disease as well. 16:48 So that's a lot of information 16:49 that people can go to write to the website 16:52 at this 1-800 number for emotional support 16:54 also for learning and also for other resources as well. 16:58 Well, I think then it was so amazing to me 17:00 was that as I said before 17:01 all the people actually came to the program 17:04 and were there and they have in the clients 17:06 along with them as well. 17:08 And just to get the information from Mitchell 17:10 it really opened up a lot of people's eyes 17:12 and ears to understand 17:13 this whole thing about Alzheimer's and dementia. 17:16 And very that number you are talking about 17:20 the amount of individuals 17:21 is gonna be actually saddle with that. 17:24 That's pretty deep but-- 17:25 I mean, we are talking about having every 68 seconds 17:32 some with diagnosed with Alzheimer's. 17:35 Just like every minute Alzheimer's, all right. 17:37 Keep in mind, baby boomers, 10,000 a day reach 65. 17:43 And 65 is when you really start seeing Alzheimer's 17:45 and then once you get 85 is simply quadruple. 17:50 But it can be also in early states 17:52 like in the 40s and even 30s. 17:55 And we are told about some other things too 17:56 as far as that is concerned but-- 17:59 so this is growing at a increasing rate, 18:01 Alzheimer's diseases. 18:03 Well, I guess you are saying to yourself, 18:06 you know, we're not finished with Alzheimer's 18:08 so you know that we are going to be doing some more. 18:10 I know we are gonna be moving into a other section 18:11 of this talking about the drug affect 18:13 and I know from there 18:14 we also gonna be moving into some other things 18:17 that you can actually do. 18:18 looking at this whole area of first times, 18:20 you are gonna make sure 18:21 but you stay by to listen to those. 18:23 We are all going to kitchen. 18:24 I know you wonder whether we are gonna cook or not. 18:26 And yes, we are. 18:27 As a matter of fact we are going into the kitchen 18:29 and we're doing the scallion cheddar wheat biscuits. 18:33 They are absolutely delicious. 18:34 Get your paper and your pencil 18:36 and meet us in the kitchen. |
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