{"id":5206,"date":"2013-03-04T18:13:35","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T09:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alzheimer.or.jp\/?page_id=5206"},"modified":"2013-03-04T18:14:26","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T09:14:26","slug":"polepole-july-2012-25-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alzheimer.or.jp\/?page_id=5206","title":{"rendered":"POLEPOLE June, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ALZHEIMER\u2019S ASSOCIATION JAPAN, MEWSLETTER<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cPole-Pole\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BULLETIN NO,311 June 2006<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"mailto:office@alzheimer.or.jp\">office@alzheimer.or.jp<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alzheimer.or.jp\/\">https:\/\/www.alzheimer.or.jp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong><strong>\uff65<\/strong><strong>NEWS &amp; INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*In Japan, studies on a vaccine for Alzheimer\u2019s are progressing as several institutes, such as the Hayashihara Institute of Biochemistry in Okayama and the National Research Center in Obu, are actively conducting research. In addition, Ezai and Dinabeck entered into a contract to conduct their research in this field. The vaccine is also being developed in the USA and Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: Chugoku Shinbun, Feb.25<sup>, <\/sup>2006, and other newspapers in Japan)<\/p>\n<p>*Several districts of the Shanghai, China public office issued emergency cards for the<\/p>\n<p>safety of the elderly.<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinaview.cn\/\">www.chinaview.cn<\/a> April 10<sup>th<\/sup> 2006)<\/p>\n<p>*Doing exercise reduces the risk of incidents of dementia.<\/p>\n<p>(Annals of Internal Medicine, Jan\uff6417<sup>th <\/sup>2006)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. UPDATE FROM AAJ HEADQUATERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*The new Japanese name of AAJ was decided at a general meeting held on June 3<sup>rd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>The new name is \u201cNinchi-sho no hito to kazoku no kai, \u201c which means \u201cThe Association of PWDs and Their Families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>*The report on the household economy of families living with PWDs<\/p>\n<p>By AAJ Research and Study Board<\/p>\n<p>#1) In more than 50% of households living with PWDs the number of family members is two or less.<\/p>\n<p>#2) Half of all PWDs living at home cannot afford daily expenses from their pensions. Money for caregiver expenses is taken from their savings to cover the deficit leading to worry about their lives in the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.PRACTICE REPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An Approach to Building a Comfortable Community for PWDs and Their Families<\/p>\n<p>By H. Kawahara, Group Home Manager<\/p>\n<p><strong> 4<\/strong><strong>\uff65ADI Regional Meeting Report <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Five members of the AAJ International Communication Board participated in meetings held on April 27<sup>th<\/sup> and 28th in Seoul, Korea. They discussed issues relating to aging societies in the Asian Pacific region with ADI members from various other countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5<\/strong><strong>\uff65LETTERS FROM MEMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*Please do not say that living at home is best for all PWDs. In cases where they cannot understand where they are, the best place is where they can get the best care.<\/p>\n<p>(From a 61 year-old woman)<\/p>\n<p>*I am anxious whether or not the number of young people who deal with the care for their parents will increase with such social changes taking place as giving birth at a lat<\/p>\n<p>(From a 40 year-old woman)<\/p>\n<p><strong>6<\/strong><strong>\uff65CARE EXPERIENCES FROM CHAPTERS\u2019 NEWSLETTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Beloved Grandma\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 By Ayumi Nagashima (A 9 year-old)<\/p>\n<p>My grandma is 65 years old and suffering from Alzheimer\u2019s.\uff65\uff65\uff65Every Sunday my parents and I visit her. When I walk with her, I always give her a lot of care so she won\u2019t fall or be run over\uff65\uff65\uff65\uff65 My beloved grandma&#8211;please live to a great old age!<\/p>\n<p><strong>7<\/strong><strong>\uff65ADVICE FOR CARE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 By AAJ Telephone Counselor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>8<\/strong><strong>\uff65BOOK REVIEW<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9<\/strong><strong>\uff65<\/strong><strong>ACTIVITIES OF THE AAJ CHAPTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10<\/strong><strong>\uff65DR\u2019S COMMENT\u00a0\u00a0 By Dr. Miyake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Prevention of Dementia\u201d\u00a0 <strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>11<\/strong><strong>\uff65<\/strong><strong>LISTEN TO MY HEART! -MESSEGE FROM PWDs- <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>12<\/strong><strong>\uff65<\/strong><strong>PRESIDENT\u2019S COLUMN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AAJ PRESIDENT, K. Takami<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recently, the media has become active in informing the public about the issues of younger dementia patients. I think the media should realize that younger patients are suffering<\/p>\n<p>not only from disease but also from faults in the social welfare system<\/p>\n<p>Take Heart and Take Care till next month!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALZHEIMER\u2019S ASSOCIATION JAPAN, MEWSLETTER \u201cPole-Pole\u201d BULLETIN NO,311 June 2006 office@alzheimer.or.jp https:\/ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13545,"parent":5044,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_lightning_design_setting":[],"vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5206","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alzheimer.or.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alzheimer.or.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alzheimer.or.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alzheimer.or.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alzheimer.or.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alzheimer.or.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5206\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alzheimer.or.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alzheimer.or.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alzheimer.or.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}