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Alzheimer`s Disease/AD as it relates to a person w/ Downs Syndrome

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Expert: - 10/13/2004


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Do you know of an information source that deals with this topic?

Thanks,

Andy Leslie

Answer
I don't have a specific source right here.  But you could call the Alzheimer's Association and they could send you stuff.  I can tell you that it is a progression of the Downs.  Basically, anyone over the age of 30 with Downs, will develop Alzheimer's.  

This is a double whammy for the poor patients because they have spent so much of their life trying to learn and then they start to deteriorate and it is very hard to realize that they can't be taught anymore.

I am sorry I am not more informational!  Let me know if you don't find anything and I will see what I can find.  Paula

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Paula Damgaard

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I can offer families and caregivers non-diagnostic answers to questions regarding the disease. I travel around the state giving courses on Alzheimer`s disease for nurses and CNA`s.

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I have coordinated Alzheimer's Clinical drug trials since 1987. I have coordinated the Memory Disorders Clinic since it's inception 1994. I also have personnal experience from caring for my mother who died of AD 5/2000 and presently from caring for my mother in law who was diagnosed in March 2000.

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