"Love, Honor and Value" (Capital Books) by Suzanne Mintz, the President and Co-founder of the National Family Caregivers Association, has won a 2003 Caregiver Friendly Award, which is given by Today’s Caregiver Magazine, the first national magazine for all family and professional caregivers. The Caregiver Friendly Awards are designed to celebrate products, services, books and media created with the needs of caregivers in mind. Love, Honor and Value is an encouraging and practical guide for family caregivers about how to take care of themselves as they care for others. This “message to caregivers,” from one of its most respected activists, addresses issues such as the impact of caregiving on caregivers and reaching out for help. Suzanne Mintz is the president and founder of The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA), which is a grassroots organization dedicated to supporting and improving the lives of America's family caregivers. Dana Reeve, the Director of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, says, “ This book provides emotional insights mixed with solid practical information, written with the compassion, wisdom, clarity, and humor that can only come from someone living with the many rewards and challenges of being a caregiver for a family member. It is time for family caregivers to be recognized as the essential part of the healthcare system that we are and Ms. Mintz is just the person to lead the charge.” Awards will be presented at Today’s Caregiver magazine’s annual Sharing Wisdom Caregivers Conference to be held in Fort Lauderdale, Fl. April 25th, 2003 and will also be profiled in the May/June 2003 issue of Today’s Caregiver and on the magazine’s website, caregiver.com. “The average caregiver is responsible for over $40,000 in health related expenditures each year, in either personal or directed funds” Says Gary Barg, Today’s Caregiver magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, “This award is designed to help family caregivers recognize and reward those organizations who will care for them in as committed a manner as they care for their loved ones.” Caregiver Friendly Awards are presented by Today’s Caregiver magazine to celebrate outstanding books, media, products and services designed with the best interest of the family caregiver in mind. Today's Caregiver magazine, launched in 1995, is published by Caregiver Media Group, which also produces the national Sharing Wisdom Caregivers Conferences, www.caregiver.com and The Fearless Caregiver book which teaches caregivers how to become their loved one’s fearless advocates within the healthcare system. “I am pleased to be working with Suzanne Mintz and the National Family Caregivers Association,” says Kathleen Hughes, the Publisher of Capital Books. “I am proud that Suzanne and her inspiring, useful book have won this prestigious award.” To receive a review copy of the book or schedule an interview with Suzanne Mintz, please contact Jennifer Hughes, publicity associate, at e-mail protected from spam bots or 703-661-1533.

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Diabetes increases the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease and may speed dementia once it strikes.

Tests May Judge Dementia Patients' Driving Safety
A battery of cognitive tests may help predict which people with mild dementia can still drive safely, researchers reported Monday.

Care Homes Warned Over Dementia
A firm of analysts says homes must improve training and care to deal with increasing numbers of dementia patients

Antipsychotic Drug For Dementia Have Adverse Effects
Elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease who are treated with second-generation antipsychotics should be monitored closely for weight gain and lipid abnormalities, according to an analysis of data from the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness--Alzheimer's disease (CATIE-AD).

Darkness Of Dementia Engulfs Good Samaritan
After hearing news reports about a woman with memory problems who disappeared into the remote Maine woods, Claire Young had a talk with her husband, who has dementia.

MP's Dementia Call To Medics
A LOCAL MSP and former GP is calling for more attention to be given to elderly patients suffering from dementia.

Study Ties Passive Smoking To Dementia
Passive smoking appears to significantly raise a person's risk of dementia and other forms of cognitive problems, British and U.S. researchers said on Friday.

Low Blood Sugar A Dementia Risk For Diabetics
Older diabetics whose blood sugar drops to dangerously low levels have a higher risk of developing dementia, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

Long Hours Link To Dementia Risk
Long working hours may raise the risk of mental decline and possibly dementia, research suggests.

Painkillers Do Not Prevent Alzheimer's Dementia
A recent study contradicts earlier observations that painkillers such as ibuprofen or naproxen, classified as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDS, appear to prevent Alzheimer's dementia (AD).

Salmond Visits Dementia Project
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond was today due to visit the Scottish Dementia Working Group, a project joint-funded by Comic Relief and Alzheimer Scotland.

Risk Of Progression To Dementia Overestimated
People with mild cognitive impairment appear to have a lower risk of progressing to full blown dementia than previously thought, according to a new report.

Rate Of Memory Decline Differs By Dementia Type
The rate at which people with dementia lose their memory differs significantly according to the type of dementia they have, new research from France suggests. The research also highlights the importance of early health care in elderly people who develop dementia.

Longer Schooling 'cuts Dementia'
Changes to improve access to education over 50 years ago could go some way to reducing dementia rates in the elderly, a study has suggested.

A Husband's Care
TV's John Suchet on looking after a wife with dementia

Statin Drugs Do Not Prevent Dementia
Statin drugs, a commonly prescribed class of lipid-lowering drugs that include Lipitor, Zocor and Crestor, do not prevent Alzheimer's disease or dementia, according to a report in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Exercise Calms Agitation Associated With Dementia
In a pilot study, agitation and functioning improved in a group of elderly nursing home residents suffering from severe dementia when they engaged in just 30 minutes of supervised exercise three times a week.

Independence Day
GPS trackers may give freedom to dementia sufferers

No Benefit From Tube Feeding In Advanced Dementia
Despite the fact that up to one third of patients with severe dementia are tube fed, there is no evidence that this practice prolongs survival or improves quality of life, according to a report in the online issue of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Early Warning Clue For Dementia
Hyperactivity in a part of the brain that deals with memory may give an early warning of dementia decades later, UK research suggests.