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Why Did the Camel Cross the Road?: The Musings of an Expat from West Virginia

By J. Fernando Cevallos-Candau

As a staff scientist with SABIC, a large petrochemical company based in Saudi Arabia, I live in a compound for western expatriates in the outskirts of Riyadh. At first, the compound appears to be located in Sing-Sing. It is surrounded by tall concrete walls with barbed wire on top; there are also concrete barriers, like those you see on U.S. highways, all around it. To get to the entrance, one drives through a maze formed by the same barriers.

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First Responders and Alzheimer’s Disease

By Alan Fleming  

People with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias pose a unique challenge to first responders. An emergency situation can create an emotionally catastrophic reaction in a person with Alzheimer’s. Whether they are the person that needs help or a bystander on the scene, people with Alzheimer’s require special attention. Because they thrive best in a calm and familiar environment, they have considerable difficulty when their routine is disrupted. The Alzheimer’s Association, West Virginia Chapter offers an interactive training module for first responders, specially created to help them handle emergencies where people with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias are present.

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