NEW: Comfort Zone™ location service brings peace of mind

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October 28, 2009

NEW: Comfort Zone™ location service brings some peace of mind

Alzheimer's Association Comfort Zone™, powered by Omnilink, is a new Web-based location management service that can help keep a person with Alzheimer’s safer, active and independent. An exciting step forward in Alzheimer safety choices, Comfort Zone tracks the individual’s movements through preset safety zones, and users are notified if the person leaves a zone.
Learn more about Comfort Zone >>
Watch the “ABC World News” story on Comfort Zone >>

Study: Understanding Alzheimer reality helps treatment decisions

A new study suggests that family members of someone with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia who understand and accept that Alzheimer’s is a progressive, fatal disease are less likely to subject their loved one to aggressive treatments that cannot help them.
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Intriguing new research about Alzheimer’s and diabetes

Previous research strongly suggests that having diabetes may increase your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. But a surprising new finding suggests that people with Alzheimer’s and diabetes may actually have slower loss of memory skills than those without diabetes.
Read the HealthDay article >>

Panel discusses new film "Lovely, Still" at AARP conference

At the AARP Vegas@50+ event in Las Vegas, the Alzheimer's Association participated in a panel on the film "Lovely, Still," which stars Academy Award® winners Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn and features a plotline centered around Alzheimer's disease.
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Watch the "Lovely, Still" trailer >>

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