``Memory Loss: Know What You're Dealing With'' Program to Address Memory Changes, Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.Lifestyle Editors & Health Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2000 Event Highlights Alzheimer's Week, a Series of Special Community Activities Scheduled Oct. 2 Through Oct. 7 In an effort to heighten height·en v. height·ened, height·en·ing, height·ens v.tr. 1. To raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify. 2. To make high or higher; raise. v.intr. awareness of Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. , the Alzheimer's Association The Alzheimer's Association, incorportated on April 10, 1980 as the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc., is a non-profit American voluntary health organization which focuses on care, support and research for Alzheimer's disease. of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. will launch Alzheimer's Week, a series of special events bringing awareness, art and education to the public. The week of events is scheduled to begin on Monday, Oct. 2, and culminates with the association's eighth annual Memory Walk fund- raiser on Saturday, Oct. 7, at Hollywood Park Racetrack Hollywood Park is a thoroughbred racecourse and poker cardroom located in Inglewood, California, USA, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and next door to The Forum. History The track was opened in 1938 by the Hollywood Turf Club. . On Wednesday, Oct. 4, the Alzheimer's Association and Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital will present a special program, "Memory Loss: Know What You're Dealing With," featuring Dr. Sarah Olelewe, a Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital geriatrician geriatrician a specialist in geriatrics. . The program will be held at the hospital's Medical Education Conference Center, from 10 a.m. until noon. Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital is located at 333 N. Prairie Ave., in Inglewood. Olelewe will discuss normal memory changes, vascular dementia vascular dementia n. A steplike deterioration in intellectual functions that result from multiple infarctions of the cerebral hemispheres. Also called multi-infarct dementia. and Alzheimer's disease. Vascular dementia is the second leading cause of dementia in the elderly and most common among African-Americans. Unlike Alzheimer's disease and most other dementia, vascular dementia is preventable. Major risk factors for vascular dementia include age, gender and ethnicity. Other risk factors include hypertension, cigarette smoking, diabetes and obesity. Admission to "Memory Loss: Know What You're Dealing With" is free to the public; however, reservations are necessary and can made by calling 800/356-2824. Information regarding the Alzheimer's Association of Los Angeles and its services can be obtained by calling 800/660-1993 or by visiting the Web site at www.alzla.org. Additional information regarding "Memory Loss: Know What You're Dealing With" and other Alzheimer's Week events can be obtained by calling 800/660-1993. Information about Memory Walk can be obtained by calling the Memory Walk Hotline at 323/930-6228; information in Spanish is available at 800/633-5767; or visit the Web site at www.alzla.org/mw2000. |
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