(Source: HealthCentral) - Cheryl H.'s mom is in the moderate stage of Alzheimer's disease and lives with Cheryl and Cheryl's sister. In a recent e-mail to the social work team at the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, Cheryl wrote: "We both work and have a hard time leaving her as she is very much afraid of falling and having no one to call. She is at the point where I don't think she would think to press her lifeline if she did fall. We are not in a very good financial position so getting help beyond what she has now, which is one aide for 1-1/2 hours a week, is impossible."


NIA Funds Roybal Centers for Translational Research in Aging
(Source: National Institute on Aging) - The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced that it has renewed funding for nine Edward R. Roybal Centers for Research on Applied Gerontology and designated four new centers. The goal of the centers is to move promising social and behavioral research findings out of the laboratory and into programs and practices that will improve the lives of older people and help society adapt to an aging population. The centers focus on a range of projects, including maintaining mobility and physical function, enhancing driving performance, understanding financial and medical decision making, and sharpening cognitive function.