Alzheimer's

The Alzheimer's Association presents "Healthy Body, Healthy Brain," July 16 from 2:45 - 4:30 p.m. at the Carson Senior Center, Joshua Tree Room, 911 Beverly Dr.,Carson City.

The Alzheimer's Association presents The Basics, an in-service training, July 2 from 2 - 3:30 p.m. at 1807 E. Long St., in Carson City.

An informational meeting, Early Stage: Living with Alzheimer's, takes place Monday, June 30, 2014 from 9 to 11 a.m. Meet at the Alzheimer's Association, Lobby Conference Room/Board Room,1301 Cordone Ave., Reno. For more information, call 775-786-8061.

This week's guest on Women to Women Nevada are Dr. Amy Hayes, a Carson City area OB/GYN and Candace Stewart, author of welcome to Planet Alzheimer's. The women discuss with host Carol Paz women's health and issues concerning cancer.

Women to Women Nevada host Carol Paz interviews Candace Stewart, author of "Welcome to Planet Alzheimers" for this week's program.

Candace Stewart of Carson City most recently served as the Program Coordinator for the Dementia Resource Center of Northern Nevada, which was created to support families and caregivers of those with dementia, as well as educate the community on the many different types of dementia.

A panel of seven Carson City area women met recently with Sheriff Ken Furlong to discuss law enforcement issues facing Carson City.

Among several subjects addressed, Furlong spoke candidly about elder abuse, gun control and mental health issues, crime prevention and working with the Carson City School District in the second installment of a two-part "Women to Women with Carol Paz" panel discussion.

The second installment of a two-part "Women to Women with Carol Paz" panel discussion held recently with Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong will air tonight, Thursday, 7 p.m. on Charter Media channels 15 (Carson City, Minden-Gardnerville, Dayton) and Channel 3 (Reno, Sparks, Fernley, South Lake Tahoe and Fallon).

For the first time in its two years on air, the Charter TV program "Women to Women with Carol Paz" will switch gears and allow seven local women to interview Carson City's top law enforcement officer.

Sheriff Ken Furlong answered questions recently, with the first of a two-part program airing tonight, 7 p.m. on Charter Media channels 15 (Carson City, Minden-Gardnerville, Dayton) and Channel 3 (Reno, Sparks, Fernley, South Lake Tahoe and Fallon). The program can also be found Friday morning on Carson Now. The second part of the discussion will air April 4, 7 p.m.

Lyle C. Meals of Carson City, Nev. passed away at his home on Jan. 15, 2013 after a 12 year fight with Alzheimer's Disease. He was born in Peoria, Ill. on July 12, 1925 to Charles A. and Emma E...

Jose Rivera, age 88, passed away October 1, 2012 at Carson Valley Senior Living of complications from Alzheimer's. He was born on June 22nd in 1924 in Sumbilla, Navarra, Spain. He was the secon...

The Dementia Resource Center of Northern Nevada will host a workshop designed to educate and help people caring for a loved one with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Caring for a loved one with dementia is daunting, creating new challenges and situations at every turn. This workshop is designed to give caregivers, family members and loved ones the skills and knowledge needed to cope with the situation, and even find some humor in it. It will also help ease the anxiety and fear that goes along with the care giving.

Woodrow W. Cave passed away peacefully in his sleep after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Woody was born in New Bloomfield, Missouri, to Marcellus and Beulah Cave on September 20, 1916. He was pre...

Earl, 76, who lived in the Reno/Carson City area for two decades in the '70s and '80s, passed away November 13, 2011 in Seattle, after a four-year battle with Alzheimer's and Lewy Body dementia...

James 'JR' Robinson passed away November 21, 2011 in Carson City, NV, after a long battle of Alzheimer's. JR was born on January 28, 1925 in Circleville, Utah. James and his family lived in Kea...

"The Rise of the Planet of the Apes,' now playing at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City, may well be the best of the summer popcorn fare. It is not an extension of the "Apes" series of the 1970s and '80s but the beginning of a new franchise of films. And its primate hand is there for all of us.

Obituary: Therese Marie PozziStaff Writer

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