Coping With Alzheimer’s Disease
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Programs About Alzheimer's on KET and Online
One to One with Bill Goodman
Dr. Linda Kuder, UK’s Sanders-Brown Center On Aging, and author and social worker Virginia Bell, program consultant for the Greater Kentucky and Southern Indiana Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, are founders of Best Friends Day Center in Lexington. The center is an adult day program for persons who have an irreversible memory disorder and their families. Bill and his guests discuss the program, which is based on "The Best Friends Approach" internationally recognized model of care.
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Answers on Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s experts, educators, and caregivers answer questions about the warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease; the latest research in diagnosis and treatment; and where caregivers can find support in Kentucky. Host is Bill Goodman.
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Additional Programs
There Is a Bridge
This groundbreaking documentary challenges conventional notions of people with Alzheimer's as "unreachable" and this disease as "the first of two deaths." Hosted by Robert Pinsky, former U.S. Poet Laureate, the film offers a radically different and hopeful perspective on Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting that in the midst of all that is lost with dementia, much awaits to be found. Interviews with preeminent thinkers and poignant footage of family members, care partners, and schoolchildren building emotionally rich relationships with people with dementia reveal depths of memory and personal identity not erased by Alzheimer’s.
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The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's
This compelling documentary follows the trials and triumphs of researchers battling Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Steven DeKosky's team conducts breakthrough scientific tests, while Dr. Rudy Tanzi, pioneer in genetics, tells of discoveries that may help pinpoint the cause of Alzheimer's. The experts make the research palpable and real, explaining in down-to-earth terms how the disease dismantles the day-to-day lives of Gladys, Fran, and Isabelle.
From One to One with Bill Goodman:
Dr. Gregory Jicha, neurologist and Alzheimer’s researcher (2008)
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Phyllis George, caregiver and Alzheimer’s spokesperson (2008)
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Dr. Frederick Schmitt, neuropsychologist and Alzheimer’s researcher (2006)
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