The Treatment Of Alzheimer's Disease
Two critical crossroads reached in the approach to
treatment for Alzheimer's disease were (1) the
recognition of Alzheimer's disease as a disorder
distinct from the normal aging process; and (2) the
realization that, in developing therapeutic and social
interventions for a major illness or disability, the
concept of care can be as important as that of cure.
Moreover, in addition to the symptoms of Alzheimer's
disease mentioned earlier, other symptoms and
aggravating factors may compound the problem. Patient,
environmental, and family stresses can converge to
exaggerate patient dysfunction and family burden during
the clinical course of Alzheimer's disease. Identifying
these stresses and making appropriate changes can
provide the foundation for more effective treatment and
fewer everyday problems.
In the Alzheimer's disease patient, depression or
delusions can aggravate dysfunction. These problems,
which emerge during the course of the disorder in some
individuals with Alzheimer's disease, compound memory
impairment; they make the affected individual do worse
than would be expected from the dementia alone--causing
clinical conditions referred to as "excess disability"
states. Depression by itself can mimic dementia--a
condition that is sometimes termed pseudodementia. When
combined with dementia, depression exacts yet greater
incapacity and suffering in the Alzheimer's disease
patient. Depression in Alzheimer's disease can be
treated. Indeed this highlights one of the truly
extraordinary phenomena that can be observed in
Alzheimer's disease: By alleviating an excess disability
state, actual clinical improvement can result--even
though the underlying disease process is advancing. In
other words, at a given point in time, the patient's
symptoms can be reduced, suffering lowered, capacity to
cope buttressed, with family burden eased as a further
result. These are traditional goals of treatment for all
illnesses.
Researchers in the NIMH Intramural program have
developed and are testing a Dementia Mood Assessment
Scale, designed to rate mood in Alzheimer's patients.
This scale tracks the mood states of the patients over
the course of their illness and thus may be helpful in
testing various antidepressant treatments.
The patient's immediate environment can also interfere
with coping, adding to the level of impairment.
Modifying the surroundings can reduce stresses imposed
by environmental factors. There is the matter of safety,
as in the need to protect the person from wandering
toward a stairway and subsequently falling. There is the
matter of lowering the individual's frustration level,
such as by placing different cues in the immediate
environment to combat memory loss and to reduce
resulting stress and disorganization. There is the
matter of finding the most protective but least
restrictive setting for care which at some point may
involve a move away from home to a nursing home or other
care facility well equipped to deal with those who have
Alzheimer's disease.
Stress on the family can take a toll on patient and
caregiver alike. Caregivers are usually family
members--either spouses or children--and are
preponderantly wives and daughters. As time passes and
the burden mounts, it not only places the mental health
of family caregivers at risk, it also diminishes their
ability to provide care to the Alzheimer's disease
patient. Hence, assistance to the family as a whole must
be considered.
As the disease progresses, families experience
increasing anxiety and pain at seeing unsettling changes
in a loved one, and they commonly feel guilt over not
being able to do enough. The prevalence of reactive
depression among family members in this situation is
disturbingly high--caregivers are chronically stressed
and are much more likely to suffer from depression than
the average person. If caregivers have been forced to
retire from positions outside the home, they feel
progressively more isolated and no longer productive
members of society.
An NIMH-funded study shows that caregivers not only have
increased rates of infectious illness and depression,
but often have suppressed immune systems. Another study
of caregivers found depressed mood in 54 percent of
caregivers and anger in 67 percent. Researchers
hypothesize that the caregivers who hold in their anger
may be at greater risk of cardiovascular disease.
The likelihood, intensity, and duration of depression
among caregivers can all be lowered through available
interventions. For example, to the extent that family
members can offer emotional support to each other and
perhaps seek professional consultation, they will be
better prepared to help their loved one manage the
illness and to recognize the limits of what they
themselves can reasonably do.
George and Mary
Ellen's neighbors had become increasingly concerned
as it was obvious something was very wrong. When
they noticed that the newspaper had not been taken
in one morning, two neighbors came over. When no one
answered the door, they tried it, found it unlocked,
and entered. George was lying on the floor near the
telephone, and Mary Ellen was sitting at the piano
trying to pick out a tune. The neighbors called an
ambulance for George and then placed a long-distance
call to one of his daughters. George, in the
hospital suffering from a heart attack, for the
first time shared with his children the events of
the past months and realized that he must make plans
for the future. One of his daughters stayed with him
and Mary Ellen for 2 months after he left the
hospital. She arranged for someone to come in once a
week to clean the house. She also contacted
Meals-on-Wheels to ensure nourishing meals for her
parents. Through her parents' church, she enrolled
Mary Ellen in a 5-day-a-week daycare program for the
elderly. Each morning Mary Ellen was picked up by
the daycare van and was brought back late in the
afternoon. George, relieved of constant anxiety,
recovered rapidly and began to catch up on his
writing projects. Though he missed the social life
they had once enjoyed with their friends, there were
times when he and Mary Ellen still felt a close
relationship. George now accepted the fact that
someday Mary Ellen might have to enter a nursing
home, but with the support of his family, friends,
church, and community he would be able to deal with
whatever came.
Since the components
of the problem vary, so too should the focus, nature,
and sources of interventions. Interventions should focus
on the patient's symptoms, the affected individual's
everyday environment, and the family support system.
Specific interventions can involve support from the
family, the help of a homemaker or other aide in the
home, employment of behavioral therapies, and the use of
medication. The sources for interventions can range from
family support groups such as those available through
the Alzheimer's Association (AA), to professional
consultations for the patient and family with a mental
health specialist, to a variety of community programs
such as day or respite care. Information on what
assistance is available in a given community can be
gained by contacting the local Office on Aging, a
Community Mental Health Center or local Medical Society,
or a local chapter of the AA. In addition, every State
has an agency on aging that provides information on
services and programs. The State Agencies on Aging,
along with other sources of help, are listed at the back
of this brochure.
Though Alzheimer's disease cannot at present be cured,
reversed, or stopped in its progression, much can be
done to help both the patient and the family live
through the course of the illness with greater dignity
and less discomfort. Toward this goal, appropriate
clinical interventions and community services should be
vigorously sought.
Hope For The Future Through Research
While Alzheimer's disease remains a mystery, with its
cause and cure not yet found, there is considerable
excitement and hope about new findings that are
unfolding in numerous research settings. The connecting
pieces to the puzzle called Alzheimer's disease continue
to be found. At the same time, there are more and more
partners involved in the effort, with growing national
and international interest. Government, industry,
academia, and the volunteer sector are all becoming more
and more active; Federal, State, community, corporate,
and foundation support for new studies and better
services are all on the rise.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
established a Departmental Task Force on Alzheimer's
Disease, which first met in April 1983. This Task Force,
later legislatively mandated as the Council on
Alzheimer's Disease, is composed of representatives from
the following agencies that have programs related to
Alzheimer's disease: the National Institute of Mental
Health, the National Institute on Aging, the National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
the National Institute for Nursing Research, the
Administration on Aging, the Agency for Health Care
Policy and Research, the Health Care Financing
Administration, the Health Resources and Services
Administration, the National Center for Health
Statistics, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The
Council, which also includes both the Surgeon General
and the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
as members, is chaired by the Assistant Secretary for
Health. The Council's recommendations are sent in an
annual report to Congress.
In addition, a non-Federal Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's
Disease was established by congressional action. The
Panel, which works closely with the Council, consists of
15 national authorities on Alzheimer's disease selected
for their depth and breadth of expertise in this area.
The Panel has issued four reports, for 1988-89, 1990,
1991, and 1992. The titles are in the reference list.
The activities of both the Council and the Panel reflect
the scope of concern and interest that is being focused
by the Federal Government on Alzheimer's disease.
Glossary
Acetylcholine - a neurotransmitter found in reduced
levels in the brains of Alzheimer's victims.
Alzheimer's Disease Associated Protein (ADAP) - a
protein that seems to appear only in the tissue of
people with Alzheimer's. It has been found in both the
brain and spinal fluid.
Amyloid precursor protein (APP) - a normal, essential
substance made by brain cells that contain BETA AMYLOID.
In Alzheimer's, APP is cut and releases beta amyloid.
Beta amyloid then forms clumps called SENILE PLAQUE.
Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) - a protein that ferries
cholesterol through the bloodstream. The ApoE gene has
three variants (or alleles), E2, E3, and E4. Each person
inherits an allele from each parent. Ninety percent of
the population inherit one copy of ApoE3, and 60 percent
inherit two copies.
Cortisol - the major natural GLUCOCORTICOID (GC) in
humans. It is the primary stress hormone.
Dementia - significant loss of intellectual abilities
such as memory capacity, severe enough to interfere with
social or occupational functioning.
Hippocampus - an area buried deep in the forebrain that
helps regulate emotion and memory.
Multi-Infarct Dementia - dementia brought on by a series
of strokes.
Nerve Growth Factor - a substance that occurs naturally
in the body and enhances the growth and survival of
cholinergic nerves.
Neurotoxic - poisonous to nerves or nerve tissue.
Nucleus basalis of Meynert - A small group of
cholinergic nerve cells in the forebrain and connected
to areas of the cerebral cortex.
Pseudodementia - a severe form of depression resulting
from a progressive brain disorder in which cognitive
changes mimic those of dementia.
References
Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease. Report of the
Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease. DHHS Pub. No. (ADM)
89-1644, Washington, DC: Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt.
Print. Off., 1989. (Available from the Superintendent of
Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402-9325, GPO S/N 017-024-01387-1, $2.25.)
Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease. Second Report of
the Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease, 1990. DHHS
Pub. No. (ADM) 91-1791, Washington, DC: Supt. of Docs.,
U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1991. (Available from the
Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC 20402-9325, GPO S/N 017-024-01442-7,
$3.00.)
Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease.Third Report of
the Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease, 1991. DHHS
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U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1992. (Available from the
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the Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease, 1992. NIH
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U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1993. (Available from the
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Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1989. (Available from the
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Sources Of Help
State Agencies on Aging
These agencies coordinate services for older Americans,
providing information on services, programs, and
opportunities. (* In-State Toll Free Number)
Alabama
Executive Director, Alabama Commission on Aging
770 Washington Avenue, Suite 470
RSA Plaza
Montgomery, Alabama 36130 (205) 242-5743
Alaska
Executive Director, Older Alaskans Commission
P.O. Box 110209
Juneau, Alaska 99811-0209 (907) 465-3250
American Samoa
Director, Territorial Administration on Aging
Government of American Samoa
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 (684) 633-1251
Arizona
Administrator, Aging and Adult Administration
Department of Economic Security
1789 West Jefferson - 950A
Phoenix, Arizona 85007 (602) 542-4446 *1-(800) 352-3792
Arkansas
Director, Division of Aging and Adult Services
Arkansas Department of Human Services
1417 Donaghey Plaza South
P.O. Box 1437, Slot 1412
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1437 (501) 682-2441
California
Director, California Department of Aging
1600 K Street
Sacramento, California 95814 (916) 322-5290
Colorado
Director, Aging and Adult Services
Department of Social Services
1575 Sherman Street, 10th Floor
Denver, Colorado 80203-1714 (303) 866-5905
Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands
Administrator, Office on Aging
Department of Community and Cultural Affairs
Civic Center
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950 (670) 234-6011
Connecticut
Director, Division of Elderly Services
Department of Social Services
175 Main Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06106
(203) 566-3238 *1-(800) 443-9946
Delaware
Director, Delaware Division on Aging
Department of Health and Social Services
1901 North Dupont Highway - Second Floor
New Castle, Delaware 19720
(302) 577-4791 *1-(800) 223-9074
District Of Columbia
Director, District of Columbia Office on Aging
Executive Office of the Mayor
441 - 4th Street, N.W., 9th Floor - South
Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 724-5622
Florida
Secretary, Florida Department of Elder Affairs
Building 1 - Room 317
1317 Winewood Boulevard
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0700
(904) 922-5297 *1-(800) 342-0825
Georgia
Director, Division of Aging Services
Department of Human Resources
2 Peachtree Street, N.E., 18th Floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404) 657-5258
Guam
Administrator, Division of Senior Citizens
Department of Public Health and Social Services
P.O. Box 2816
Government of Guam
Agana, Guam 96910 (671) 734-2942
Hawaii
Executive Director, Hawaii Executive Office on Aging
335 Merchant Street, Room 241
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 (808) 548-0100
Idaho
Director, Idaho Office on Aging
Statehouse, Room 108
Boise, Idaho 83720 (208) 334-3833
Illinois
Director, Illinois Department of Aging
421 East Capitol Avenue
Springfield, Illinois 62701
(217) 785-2870 *1-(800) 252-8966
Indiana
Commissioner, Indiana Department of Human Services
420 W. Washington Street
P.O. Box 7083
Indianapolis, Indiana 46207-7083
(317) 232-9020 *1-(800) 545-7763
Iowa
Executive Director, Department of Elder Affairs
Jewett Building, Suite 236
914 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
(515) 281-5187 *1-(800) 532-3213
Kansas
Secretary, Kansas Department of Aging
Docking State Office Building, 150-S
915 S.W. Harrison
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1500
(913) 296-4986 *1-(800) 432-3535
Kentucky
Director, Division for Aging Services
Cabinet for Human Resources
Department for Social Services
275 East Main Street
Frankfort, Kentucky 40621 (502) 564-6930
Louisiana
Director, Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs
4550 North Boulevard, P.O. Box 80374
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806 (504) 925-1700
Maine
Director, Bureau of Elder and Adult Services
Department of Human Services
State House - Station 11
Augusta, Maine 04333 (207) 626-5335
Maryland
Director, Maryland Office on Aging
301 West Preston Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
(301) 225-1102 *1-(800) 338-0153
Massachusetts
Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder
Affairs
1 Ashburton Place, 5th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
(617) 727-7750 *1-(800) 882-2003
Michigan
Director, Office of Services to the Aging
P.O. Box 30026
Lansing, Michigan 48909 (517) 373-8230
Minnesota
Executive Secretary, Minnesota Board on Aging
444 Lafayette Road, 4th Floor
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-3843
(612) 296-2770 *1-(800) 652-9747
Mississippi
Director, Division on Aging and Adult Services
Department of Human Resources
750 North State Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39202
(601) 359-4925 *1-(800) 222-7622
Missouri
Director, Division of Aging
Department of Social Services
615 Howerton Court
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-1337
(314) 751-3082 *1-(800) 235-5503
Montana
Coordinator, Governor's Office of Aging
Capitol Station, Room 219
P.O. Box 8005
Helena, Montana 59604
(406) 444-5900 *1-(800) 332-2272
Nebraska
Director, Department on Aging
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 95044
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-5044 (402) 471-2306
Nevada
Administrator, Division for Aging Services
340 N. 11th Street, Suite 114
Las Vegas, Nevada 89158 (702) 486-3545
New Hampshire
Director, Division of Elderly and Adult Services
New Hampshire Department of Health and Humans Services
115 Pleasant Street
Concord, New Hampshire 03301
(603) 271-4394 *1-(800) 852-3345
New Jersey
Director, New Jersey Division on Aging
Department of Community Affairs
101 South Broad Street - CN 807
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0807
(609) 292-0920 *1-(800) 792-8820
New Mexico
Director, New Mexico State Agency on Aging
La Villa Rivera Building, Ground Floor
224 East Palace Avenue
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
(505) 827-7640 *1-(800) 432-2080
New York
Director, New York State Office for the Aging
Agency Building #2
Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12223-0001
(518) 474-5731 *1-(800) 342-9871
North Carolina
Director, North Carolina Division on Aging
Department of Human Resources, Kirby Building
639 Palmer Drive, Caller Box 29531
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0531
(919) 733-3983 *1-(800) 622-7030
North Dakota
Director, Aging Services Division
North Dakota Department of Human Services
1929 North Washington Street
P.O. Box 7070
Bismarck, North Dakota 58507-7070
(701) 224-2577 *1-(800) 472-2622
Ohio
Director, Ohio Department of Aging
50 West Broad Street - 9th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 466-5500
Oklahoma
Division Administrator, Aging Services Division
Department of Human Services
312 N.E. 28th Street
P.O. Box 25352
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73125 (405) 521-2327
Oregon
Administrator, Senior and Disabled Services Division
Department of Human Resources
500 Summer Street, N.E., 2nd Floor
Salem, Oregon 97310-1015 (503) 378-4728
Pennsylvania
Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Aging
400 Market Street, 6th Floor, MSSOB
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101-2301 (717) 783-1550
Puerto Rico
Executive Director, Puerto Rico Office of Elderly
Affairs
Call Box 50063
Old San Juan Station, Puerto Rico 00902 (809) 721-0753
Republic Of Palau
Director, State Agency on Aging
Department of Social Services
Republic of Palau
Koror, Palau 96940
Rhode Island
Director, Department of Elderly Affairs
160 Pine Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
(401) 277-2858 *1-(800) 322-2880
South Carolina
Executive Director, South Carolina Division on Aging
202 Arbor Lake Drive, Suite 301
Columbia, South Carolina 29223-4535
(803) 737-7500 *1-(800) 922-1107
South Dakota
Administrator, Office of Adult Services and Aging
Richard F. Kneip Building
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, South Dakota 57501-2291 (605) 773-3656
Tennessee
Executive Director, Tennessee Commission on Aging
706 Church Street, Suite 201
Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0860 (615) 741-2056
Texas
Executive Director, Texas Department on Aging
1949 - 1H 35 South, P.O. Box 12786, Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
(512) 444-2727 *1-(800) 252-9240
Utah
Director, Utah Division of Aging & Adult Services
120 North 200 West, Room 401, P.O. Box 45500
Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0500 (801) 538-3910
Vermont
Commissioner, Department of Rehabilitation and Aging
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, Vermont 05671-2301
(802) 241-2400 *1-(800) 642-5119
Virgin Islands
Commissioner, Virgin Islands Department of Human
Services
Knud Hansen Complex, Building A
1303 Hospital Ground
Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands 00840 (809) 774-1166
Virginia
Commissioner, Virginia Department for the Aging
700 East Franklin Street - 10th Floor
Richmond, Virginia 23219-2327
(804) 225-2271 *1-(800) 552-3402
Washington
Assistant Secretary, Aging and Adult Services
Administration
Department of Social and Health Services
P.O. Box 45050
Olympia, Washington 98504-5050
(206) 586-3768 *1-(800) 422-3263
West Virginia
Director, West Virginia Office of Aging
State Capitol Complex - Holly Grove
1900 Kanawha Boulevard
Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0160
(304) 558-3317 *1-(800) 642-3671
Wisconsin
Director, Bureau on Aging
Department of Health and Social Services
217 South Hamilton, Suite 300
Madison, Wisconsin 53707 (608) 266-2536
Wyoming
Administrator, Commission on Aging
Hathaway Building, Room 139
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 (307) 777-7986
Alzheimer's Association, Inc.
919 North Michigan Ave., Suite 1000
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Telephone: (312) 335-8700
Toll Free: 1-800-272-3900 (Illinois) 1-800-621-0379
(National)
(Provides support through AA Chapter Family Support
Groups; educational and patient care materials;
information about local resources and services)
Alzheimer's Disease Education And Referral Center
P.O. Box 8250
Silver Spring, Maryland 20907-8250
Telephone: (301) 495-3311 Toll Free: 1-800-438-4380
(A service of the National Institute on Aging, the
center distributes information on Alzheimer's disease,
on current research activities, and on services
available to patients and family members)
Message From The National Institute Of Mental Health
Research conducted and supported by the National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) brings hope to
millions of people who suffer from mental illness and to
their families and friends. In many years of work with
animals as well as human subjects, researchers have
advanced our understanding of the brain and vastly
expanded the capability of mental health professionals
to diagnose, treat, and prevent mental and brain
disorders.
Now, in the 1990s, which the President and Congress have
declared "The Decade of the Brain," we stand at the
threshold of a new era in brain and behavioral sciences.
Through research we will learn even more about mental
disorders such as depression, manic-depressive illness,
schizophrenia, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive
disorder. And we will be able to use this knowledge to
develop new therapies that can help more people overcome
mental illness.
The National Institute of Mental Health is part of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Federal
Government's primary agency for biomedical and
behavioral research. NIH is a component of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
Acknowledgments
This is the second revision of the brochure by Margaret
Strock, staff member in the Information Resources and
Inquiries Branch, Office of Scientific Information,
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Expert
assistance was provided by Barry D. Lebowitz, Ph.D.,
George T. Niederehe, Ph.D., Jane L. Pearson, Ph.D.,
Benjamin Wolozin, M.D., Ph.D., and Trey Sunderland,
M.D., NIMH staff members. Their help in assuring the
accuracy of this pamphlet is gratefully acknowledged. An
earlier version of the brochure was written by Gene D.
Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., former Director of the NIMH Program
on Aging, in 1987. It was printed as a cooperative
public-private effort by the American Association for
Geriatric Psychiatry.
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health
NIH Publication No. 94-3676
Printed 1990, Revised 1992, 1994
Bulk sales (Stock No. 017-024-01493-1) by the U.S.
Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents,
Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328.
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