JANUARY 2013

JANUARY 2013
NEWSLETTER OF KADLEC NEUROLOGICAL RESOURCE CENTER
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Dementia Champion Retires
After Nearly 30 Years
Treating Fibromyalgia
Calendar of Events
New Library Additions
High-Carb Diet in Old Age
Linked to Mental Decline
The Basics of Memory Loss
Know the 10 Signs
Variété – Under Our Umbrella
Variété 2013 Preview
Higher Blood Pressure May
Harm the Middle-Aged Brain
MTHFR & Memory
Save the date for Variété: UNDER OUR UMBRELLA, March 8, 2013.
See a preview of this year’s wonderful auction items! (page 7)
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Champion
retires after nearly 30years
“I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.”
In the early years of Kadlec Neurological Resource Center, De
Martucci saw that someone needed to do something for those
who were dealing with loved ones who had dementia. In the
mid-eighties, and as a result of her mother-in-law’s dementia,
De joined forces with Craig and Nina Liebler on the Alzheimer’s
support group they were doing at The Neurological Center (TNC).
Almost thirty years later, and with well over three thousand
volunteer hours invested, De has remained a supporter and
advocate of KNRC. She has long been sought after for her
expertise in dementia and has developed the reputation of
being the “go-to” person for caregivers in our community. Many
organizations have benefitted from her presentations on dementia.
In her role as support group leader for KNRC’s three caregiver
support groups, she has helped hundreds, perhaps thousands, of
families cope with the demands of caregiving. -Lily Tomlin
Additionally, De served on the Board of Directors for nearly fifteen
years (even serving as President and Treasurer) contributing to the
growth of KNRC.
De remained motivated through the years by realizing that “the
organization is not just the ‘nuts and bolts’. The key thing to
remember is that everyone who walks through our door really
needs our help.” For all those who have been helped, or have
learned from De, she really is “somebody”.
De is retiring, and on December 10th, KNRC’s Board of Directors
and Rand Wortman, CEO of Kadlec Health System, thanked De for
her many years of commitment and service to KNRC. She has truly
been a key to KNRC’s success and every best wish is offered to
her as she walks through a new door in her life.
Article written by Heidi Hill.
Fibromyalgia
T R E A T I N G
Fibromyalgia
Penney Stringer, MD
Friday, February 1st, 2013
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Pasco Red Lion
2525 North 20 Avenue, Pasco, WA
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Richland physician, Dr. Penney Stringer, will present the
latest integrative and functional medicine techniques to
treat fibromyalgia. Pre-register by calling 943-8455 or
by going to www.NeurologicalResource.org
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calendar of events
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MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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SATURDAY
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10 SIGNS
TBI SUPPORT
4:00 PM
OFFICE CLOSED
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ART EXPRESSIONS
2:00 PM
10:00 AM
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STROKE
1:30 pm
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
22 11 23 18 ALZHEIMER’S/
DEMENTIA
CAREGIVERS
5:30 PM
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6:00 PM
28 29 30 the basics of memory loss
POST POLIO
1:00 PM
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1:00 PM
chronic pain
1:00 pm
MINDFULNESS
MEDITATION GROUP
2:30 PM
25 26
MINDFULNESS
MEDITATION GROUP
2:30 PM
ALS SUPPORT
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MINDFULNESS
MEDITATION GROUP
2:30 PM
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PARKINSON’S
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MINDFULNESS
MEDITATION GROUP
2:30 PM
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CAREGIVERS
(MEN ONLY)
12:30 PM
ALZHEIMER’S
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 @ 5:30-7:00 PM
Light meal served
Location: Callaway Gardens
5505 West Skagit Court, Kennewick
RSVP is requested - 509.783.5433
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS)
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 @ 6 PM | Location: KNRC
ART EXPRESSIONS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9 @ 10 AM | Location: KNRC
Please RSVP by calling 943-8455 for this
group as there is only space and supplies
for eight attendees.
CAREGIVERS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15 @ 1 PM | Location: KNRC
CAREGIVERS (FOR MEN ONLY)
MONDAY, JANUARY 28 @ 12:30 PM
Light meal served
Location: Callaway Gardens
5505 West Skagit Court, Kennewick
RSVP is requested - 509.783.5433
CHRONIC FATIGUE IMMUNE DEFICIENCY
SYNDROME/FIBROMYALGIA
TUESDAY, JANUARY 8 @ 2 PM | Location: KNRC
CHRONIC PAIN
FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 @ 1 PM | Location: KNRC
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION GROUP
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4,11,18, 25 @ 2:30 PM
Location: KNRC
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Because of the holiday, the January meeting
has been cancelled. See you in February!
SPINAL DISORDERS
The 2013 quarterly meeting dates for
this group will be on March 27, June 26,
September 25 and December 18.
STROKE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 @ 2 PM | Location: KNRC
Let’s start the new year right! This month
we will discuss managing stress through
exercise, healthy diet, and relaxation
techniques.
PARKINSON’S
MONDAY, JANUARY 14 @ 1:30 PM | Location: KNRC
In addition to the regular support group, the
SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 @ 1 PM
Parkinson’s Supper Club will be on January
Location: Richland Public Library
17th. Please call 943-8455 to RSVP and
There will be an important guest at this month’s learn location.
meeting! Mitali Thakore is a NYU student
whose research project is examining the role of
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
support groups as a way of managing polio and
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2 @ 4 PM | Location: KNRC
accessing polio resources. Mitali will discuss
her research and set up interviews with the Post
Polio support group regarding their experiences
with polio and the support group in general.
POST POLIO
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Resource library additions
Office & Library Hours
Monday – Thursday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:30am - 5:00pm
Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:30am - 4:00pm
closed for lunch (occasionally) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Alzheimer’s Disease:
The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring
14 Days with Alzheimer’s-DVD, Lisa Cerasoli for People Who Have Alzheimer’s Disease
and Related Dementias and Memory LossAs Nora Jo Fades Away – Confessions of a
5th Edition, Nancy Mace
Caregiver, Lisa Cerasoli
Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky, Connie Burk
Iris-DVD, John Bayley
The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks
Parkinson’s Disease:
and Desire, John Bayley
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide
to Caring for Self While Caring for Others,
Iris and Her Friends – A Memoir of Memory Caregivers:
insurance:
Long-Term Care: How to Plan and Pay for It,
Joseph L. Matthews
Natural Therapies For Parkinson’s Disease,
Dr. Laurie Mischley
High-Carb Diet in Old Age Linked to Mental Decline
Elderly who consumed the most carbohydrates, sugar had more memory, thinking problems, study finds
Seniors who consume lots of carbohydrates and sugar are at
increased risk for mild cognitive impairment, according to a new study.
Mild cognitive impairment – which includes problems with
memory, language, thinking and judgment – may be an early sign
of Alzheimer’s disease.
The study included 940 people, aged 70 to 89, who had no
cognitive problems at the start of the trial and who provided
information about their eating habits. Within four years, 200 of the
participants were beginning to show mild cognitive impairment,
the researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said.
Those who reported the highest carbohydrate intake were 1.9
times more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment than
those with the lowest carbohydrate intake. Those with the highest
sugar intake were 1.5 times more likely to develop mild cognitive
impairment than those with the lowest intake.
Those whose diets had the highest levels of fat and protein were
42 percent and 21 percent less likely, respectively, to develop mild
cognitive impairment than those with the lowest intake of fat
and protein.
“A high carbohydrate intake could be bad for you because
carbohydrates impact your glucose and insulin metabolism,” study
author and epidemiologist Rosebud Roberts said in a Mayo
news release.
“Sugar fuels the brain – so moderate intake is good. However,
high levels of sugar may actually prevent the brain from using the
sugar – similar to what we see with type 2 diabetes,”
said Roberts.
She noted the findings highlight the importance of a
well-balanced diet.
“We think it’s important that you eat a healthy balance of protein,
carbohydrates and fat, because each of these nutrients has an
important role in the body,” Roberts said.
While the researchers found an association between
sugar-laden, high-carb diets and mental decline, they
did not establish a cause-and-effect relationship.
Overall, when total fat and protein consumption was considered,
the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment was 3.6 times
greater for people with the highest carbohydrate intake,
according to the study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s
Disease and funded by the U.S. National Institute on Aging.
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event announcement
preview The 2013 Variete Auction Items
Exotic Trips
Great Northwest Trips
health & dining packages
A trip of a lifetime can be won for a 6
night-7 day trip (for 2-4 people) to Bali
staying at the Golden Buddha Cottages in
Ahmed, Bali. Is Italy more your style? You
could travel to historic Cortona, Italy, of
“Under the Tuscan Sun” fame and stay at
a 6 night-7 day trip (for 2-4 people) in a
recently restored fifteenth century villa!
Dr. Scott Ostler is offering a full set of
orthodontics to the lucky bidder for the
ninth year! Want to be healthier? Bid on a
Wellness Detox package from Dr. Penney
Stringer, a local integrative care physician.
Does ethnic dining while enjoying the
Want to stay a little closer to home and
company of friends sound like fun? You can
enjoy the Northwest? You might enjoy a
guided hike for two in the historic Columbia win an authentic chinese cooking class by
Yosen Liu, or enjoy a 7-course Italian dinner
River Gorge. You can spend Memorial Day
in a condo overlooking Lake Coeur d’Alene. for six with wine prepared by Bob Rosselli.
Or you could try your luck at the Silver Reef These – and many more items to tempt
you – will all be available to those attending
Casino in Ferndale, Washington.
Variété on March 8!
Higher Blood Pressure May Harm the Middle-Aged Brain, Study Finds
People as young as 40 with pre-hypertension showed signs of structural damage on brain scans
High blood pressure can damage the structure of the brain in
people as young as 40, a new study finds.
the brain’s white matter with mental decline in older people, the
study authors noted.
Structural damage was found even in the brains of young middle- “The message here is really clear: People can influence their lateaged people who had pre-hypertension, in which blood pressure is life brain health by knowing and treating their blood pressure at a
elevated but not to the level considered to be high blood pressure.
young age, when you wouldn’t necessarily be thinking about it,”
Researchers looked at nearly 600 people who were an average of study senior author Charles DeCarli, professor of neurology and
director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Center at the University
39 years old when the study was launched in 2009.
of California, Davis, said in a university news release.
Their blood pressure was checked and they
The study was published online Oct. 31 in The Lancet
underwent MRI brain scans.
Neurology, and appears in the December print issue
Accelerated brain aging was found in
of the journal.
people with hypertension as well as those
Elevated blood pressure, which affects about 50
with pre-hypertension, including damage to
million Americans, is associated with an increased
the structural integrity of white matter and the
risk
of stroke and cardiovascular disease and is the
volume of grey matter.
single greatest risk factor for death in the United States.
The study is the first to find that elevated blood pressure damages
More information
the brains of young middle-aged adults and suggests that
blood-pressure-related brain damage occurs over a lifetime, the
The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has more about
researchers said.
high blood pressure.
Previous research has linked blood-pressure-related damage to
Article written by Robert Preidt.
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Neuro Connections
save the date
KNRC’s 2 Annual Caregivers Conference
will be held on April 4, 2013. Teepa Snow and
John Tran, MD, will be the guest speakers.
It will be a day long conference, and on-site
respite care for adults will be available. More
details will follow in subsequent newsletters.
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560 Gage Boulevard, Suite 106
Richland, Washington 99352
(509) 943-8455 phone
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Portland, OR
KNRC’s 9th Annual Southeastern Washington
Autism Conference will be held on August
13-14, 2013. Carol Gray will be featured at
this conference, so please save the dates for
this conference.
TREATING FIBROMYALGIA
Penney Stringer, MD
Friday, February 1, 2013
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Pasco Red Lion
2525 North 20th Avenue, Pasco, WA
kadlec neurological resource center presents
Richland physician, Dr. Penney Stringer, will
present the latest integrative and functional
medicine techniques to treat fibromyalgia.
Pre-register by calling 943-8455 or by going
to www.NeurologicalResource.org.
KNRC board & STAFF
2013 Board of Directors
Bob DeLorenzo, Chair
Brian Hultgrenn, Vice Chair
Steve Arneson, Treasurer
Pam Knutson, Secretary
Melissa Filkowski
Terry Marie Fleischman
Don Hart
Yosen Lui, PhD
Jodi Melland
Kadlec Officers
Rand Wortman
Larry Christensen
Staff
Karen Hayes, MA, Executive Director
Heidi Hill, MHA, Office Coordinator
Sue Linn, Program Assistant
Julie Reathaford, Resource Librarian
Tamara Weaver, Office Assistant
M E T H Y L | T E T R A | H Y D R O | F O L AT E | R E D U C TA S E
MEMORY
Thursday
Friday, February 1, 2013
3:00 – 4:30 pm
Neil W. Rawlins, MD
PASCO Red Lion
2525 North 20th Avenue
Pasco, WA 99301
Katie Karlson, MD
40-70% of the population has the MTHFR genetic defect.
If you have one or more of these variants, you might be experiencing depression,
anxiety, memory loss, diabetic neuropathy (nerve pain), or high risk pregnancies
(miscarriage, still-birth and pre-term delivery, or pre-eclampsia), early heart disease,
stroke riske, blood clots, elevated homocysteine levels, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue,
Irritable Bowel Syndrome, migraines, Alzheimer’s, chronic pain, bipolar disorder,
Schizophrenia, Parkinson’s, congenital anomalies and Down’s Syndrome.
There is no charge for this event. Space is limited. Pre-registration is required.
Call 509-943-8455 or register at www.NeurologicalResource.org.
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