“… aia kekahi mau ʻano maʻi maʻi hiki ke hana pilikia hoʻomanaʻo. "

I kēia pule ke ʻimi nei mākou i kekahi kūkākūkā hoihoi e wehewehe ana i nā kumu o ka noho ʻana i ke kino a me ka noʻonoʻo a me nā ala e kōkua ai i ka "ward," mai ka maʻi Alzheimer a me ka dementia. Ke neʻe nei kahi hoʻololi hoihoi i ka mālama olakino i kahi ʻōnaehana e pili ana i ka maʻi, pono mākou e ʻike i kā mākou hiki ke hana i nā mea e pono ai mākou e noho olakino a ola lōʻihi. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ka nalowale hoʻomanaʻo no kēlā me kēia kino, e like me "ma hea wau i waiho ai i kaʻu mau kī," he mea nui ia e ʻike i ka wā e lilo ai ia i pilikia e hopena i kou ola. E heluhelu i loko o kēia pule moʻomanaʻo moʻomanaʻo ʻoiai ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia mākou me Kauka Leverenz lāua ʻo Kauka Ashford i ko lākou haʻi ʻana mai i kā lākou naʻauao me mākou!

Mike McIntyre :

E hui pū mai ana ʻo Kauka James Leverenz mai ke keʻena maʻi Cleveland.

Welina mai hoʻi i ka Kani Manao, ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ka maʻi o Alzheimer i kēia lā. Ua ʻike paha ʻoe i ka pō nei i lanakila ai ʻo Julianne Moore i ka mea hana keaka maikaʻi loa ʻo Oscar no ka hōʻike ʻana i kahi maʻi maʻi Alzheimer ma mua. ʻO Alice naʻe. Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ka maʻi i kēia kakahiaka i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻamau a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻamau e pili ana i ka poʻe ʻelemakule a me ka manaʻo e piʻi nui ka maʻi o Alzheimer e like me ka nui o ka heluna kanaka.

ʻO Kauka J Wesson Ashford pū kekahi me mākou, ka luna o ka ʻO ka Alzheimer's Foundation o ʻAmelika Papa Aʻoaʻo Nānā Hoʻomanaʻo.

E loaʻa i kahi nīnau no nā kauka a me kā mākou poʻe loea ma aneʻi e hoʻomaka pū me Scott ma Westpark, Welina mai ʻo Scott i ka hōʻike.

Scott :

Mahalo Mike He nīnau kaʻu, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka maʻi Alzheimer ma ʻAmelika ma mua o ka honua a inā pēlā no ke aha? ʻO ka ʻāpana ʻelua o kēlā nīnau, aia kahi ala e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke pale aku i kēia ma o ka mālama ʻana i kou lolo i ka ʻoi aku o ka ʻoi aku o ke ola kahiko? E lawe au i kāu pane ma waho o ka lewa.

Mike McIntyre :

Mahalo iā ʻoe no nā nīnau: Kauka Leverenz, US versus ʻāina ʻē aʻe…

Kauka Leverenz :

ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa e hiki ai iā mākou ke haʻi aku he maʻi kūpono like kēia, no laila e ʻōlelo ai, a ʻike ʻia ka hopena o nā heluna a pau i ko mākou nānā ʻana i nā ʻano lāhui a me nā lāhui. Manaʻo wau aia kekahi mau heluna o ka poʻe maʻi i loko o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, manaʻo wau he palena iki ka ʻikepili ma nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e hiki iā mākou ke haʻi i kona ʻano like ma waena o nā heluna lehulehu e pili ana i ka pinepine.

Mike McIntyre :

ʻO ka ʻāpana ʻelua o kāna nīnau, ʻo ia ka nīnau a ka poʻe he nui, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kou lolo a lawe i ka huaora a hana paha i kahi mea e pale aku ai i ka maʻi Alzheimer?

Kauka Leverenz :

Manaʻo wau he nīnau maikaʻi loa ia a manaʻo wau he ikaika loa ka ʻikepili i kēia manawa e hiki ke kōkua maoli ka hana kino a ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki ke pale i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi e kōkua maoli ia i ka pale ʻana. Aia kekahi mau hōʻike e kōkua paha ka hana noʻonoʻo no laila paipai wau i ka poʻe e hoʻoikaika kino a noʻonoʻo hoʻi i ko lākou wā ʻelemakule.

Mike McIntyre :

Pehea e pili ana i kekahi i hele mai a ua ʻike ʻia? I koʻu hoʻomaopopo ʻana ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻōla ʻia a ʻōlelo ʻia nā palapala i hoʻopuka ʻia ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻolōʻihi ʻia akā aia kekahi manaʻolana e kōkua paha ka hana ma hope o ka maʻi?

Kauka Leverenz :

Manaʻo wau aia, paipai wau i kaʻu mau maʻi āpau e hoʻoikaika kino a me ka noʻonoʻo a he nui nā ala e hiki ke kōkua, aia paha kekahi mau hopena pololei i ka lolo, ʻike mākou no ka laʻana, hoʻonui ka hoʻoikaika kino i kekahi mau kumu ulu o ka lolo. ola kino no ka lolo. Akā, ua ʻike nō hoʻi mākou i ka wā e loaʻa ai ka maʻi e like me ka maʻi Alzheimer a loaʻa iā lākou kekahi maʻi ʻē aʻe, e ʻōlelo kekahi i pili i ka nele o ka hana e like me ka maʻi puʻuwai a i ʻole ka hahau ʻana ʻaʻole lākou e hana maikaʻi loa me ka poʻe e noho ana i ke olakino maikaʻi. E mālama i kāu Alzheimer, e like me ka mea hiki iā mākou, ma ke kahakai.

Mike McIntyre :

ʻO Kauka Wes Ashford pehea wau e ʻike ai i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka poina wale ʻana a me ka mea pono e hopohopo e pili ana i kēia ʻano mea a i ʻole he kanaka ʻelemakule a i ʻole kaʻu keiki 17 makahiki i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ʻike i kāna mau kī. . Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i kahi e hopohopo ai ʻoe no kēia maʻi e like me "oh my gosh," he hōʻailona mua anei kēia o kekahi i ka wā ʻōpio loa a i ʻole iaʻu iho poina wau i nā mea i nā manawa āpau he hōʻailona paha ia e hoʻomohala wau i kekahi lā. ʻO Alzheimer a me wau e noʻonoʻo nei i kou manaʻo ma ia mea a waiho paha i kekahi o nā makaʻu e hoʻomaha.

Kauka Ashford :

Manaʻo wau ʻo ka makaʻu kahi mea a mākou e kamaʻilio pololei ai. ʻO kekahi o nā mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma mua he 5 miliona mau kānaka me dementia ma kēia ʻāina i pili i ka maʻi o Alzheimer a aia kekahi manawa ma mua o kēia, a ua hōʻike kekahi o kā mākou mau haʻawina, no 10 mau makahiki ma mua o kēlā hōʻoia maoli hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā pilikia hoʻomanaʻo. No laila ʻaʻole he 5 miliona mau kānaka me Alzheimer a me ka dementia aia kekahi 5 miliona mau kānaka e hoʻomohala nei i ka maʻi o Alzheimer i loaʻa nā hopohopo hoʻomanaʻo āu e kamaʻilio nei a no laila ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou ma ka Alzheimer's Foundation of America he mea nui loa ia e ʻike. aia kēia pilikia no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoikaika. E hoʻomaka koke i kāu papahana hoʻoikaika kino, e hoʻomaka koke i kou hoʻoulu ʻana i kou noʻonoʻo, aia kahi hui me ka liʻiliʻi o ka maʻi Alzheimer a ʻoi aku ka hoʻonaʻauao no laila inā pono ʻoe e hoʻi a loaʻa i kahi hoʻonaʻauao hope loa e hoʻoulu ai i kou lolo, e like me ka ʻōlelo a Kauka Leverenz, e hoʻonui i kāu hana. Manaʻo mākou i ka lawe ʻana i kahi kūlana proactive i kēia, hiki i Lā Nānā Hoʻomanaʻo Lahui, a mākou e holo nei ma o ka Alzheimer's Foundation of America he ho'āʻo hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi loa mākou ma ka pūnaewele i kapa ʻia ʻo MemTrax ma MemTrax.com. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka i ka nānā ʻana i kou hoʻomanaʻo a ʻike inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pilikia hoʻomanaʻo i ka wā mua a hoʻomaka maoli e hana i ke ʻano o nā mea a Kauka Leverenz i kamaʻilio ai e hana i kāu mea maikaʻi loa ma ka liʻiliʻi e hoʻolōʻihi i kēia akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kēia.

Mike McIntyre :

ʻIke pinepine au ma ka pūnaewele aia nā hoʻokolohua liʻiliʻi e like me ka minicog a i ʻole ka Montreal ʻike loiloi aia nā ʻano ala āpau e nānā i kāu hoʻomanaʻo. Manaʻo wau he akamai kēia e hana i kēlā a nānā wale iā ʻoe iho a hoʻohana wale paha i ka wā i loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia hoʻomanaʻo e hopena i kou ola?

Kauka Ashford :

Aia ma kahi o hoʻokahi haneli e like me kēia, ua kūkulu mākou i kahi mea i kapa ʻia ʻo The Brief Alzheimer's Screen, a mākou e hoʻohana ai me ka mini-cog ma ka National Memory Screening Day. ʻO nā mea e like me ka loiloi Montreal, ka loiloi St. Louise, a me kahi ʻano kahiko i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Hōʻike kūlana noʻonoʻo liʻiliʻi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana ma ke keʻena kauka a i ʻole e kekahi i aʻo ʻia a hiki ke kamaʻilio pū me ʻoe no ia mea. He mea hoihoi loa ka manaʻo o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pale pōkole akā, hiki anei iā ʻoe ke hana i kēia ma ka home? He mea hoʻopaʻapaʻa loa ia akā ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au me ke ʻano o kā mākou e hele nei me ka mālama olakino e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe i ka mālama ʻana i kā lākou mau pilikia ponoʻī a hana i kā lākou nānā ponoʻī, ʻo ia ke kumu iā mākou MemTrax, e hoʻāʻo e E kōkua i ka poʻe e hahai i kā lākou hoʻomanaʻo ponoʻī a ʻaʻole ia he nīnau wale nō, ʻino paha kou hoʻomanaʻo i kēia lā, a maikaʻi paha ia i kēia lā, ʻo ka nīnau he aha ke alahele ma kahi manawa o 6 mau mahina a i ʻole makahiki, ke piʻi nei ʻoe? ʻO ia ka mea e pono ai mākou e ʻike ʻo ia ka mea koʻikoʻi, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pilikia ma mua o kou pono e hele e ʻike i kāu kauka no ka mea aia maoli nā ʻano maʻi maʻi hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka hoʻomanaʻo: ka hemahema B12, ka hemahema thyroid, ka hahau, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui e pono e hoʻoponopono ʻia.