Alzheimer’s Disease

About the Book

This book provides guidance to non-professional caregivers who are responsible for the care, safety and well-being for patients struggling with AD. Part I defines what Alzheimer’s disease is, who discovered it, when it was first detected and how that discovery came about. It outlines the AD diagnostic process and concludes with a number of actions a person should take once they have been diagnosed with AD. Part II examines the duties and responsibilities of caregiving that are associated with AD. It analyzes the duties and responsibilities of personal versus institutional caregiving and describes each of their particular roles and how they evolve as the disease progresses. Part III discusses Caregiver orientation. All too often, Caregivers become so consumed with the obligations of caregiving, that they neglect their own health. This section outlines major lifestyle changes that must take place. Part IV explores the past one hundred years of treatments for ADRD, clinical trials, research and Caregiver investigations. Given the outcomes and progress made to date, “novel” methods for the treatment and cure of AD are recommended.

About the Author

Budd Hallberg started his career in 1966 as an investment banker, first with Francis I. duPont & Co. and then Dominick & Dominick Inc. In 1976, he joined the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Washington, DC. In 1979, Hallberg was appointed a director of the agency. From 1985 until his retirement in 2008, he was managing director of SCAN Management Inc., a management consulting firm. The firm provided compliance and regulatory consultant services to the securities and futures industry. In 1965, Hallberg was appointed as a reserve commissioned officer in the army of the United States. He is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College of the United States Army. Hallberg retired at the rank of lieutenant colonel in 2002. He has a BS degree from the University of the State of New York and holds an MA degree from Goddard College. Hallberg also studied at the University of Connecticut and Harvard University. Hallberg is a member of the Society of the Cincinnati. He is an avid horseback rider and enjoys golf and tennis. Hallberg resides in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.