  Alzheimer’s Association 24-hour helpline available during
holidays  December 22, 2012  BUFFALO - For many family members,
gathering once a year for the holidays may trigger more than the
usual amount of stress from shopping, cooking and traveling. It
often is the time when they notice mom or granddad has undergone
some changes that are impacting their physical condition or
thinking skills.  The Alzheimer's Association generally sees the
number of calls to its 24-hour helpline (800-272-3900) swell
during and after the holidays, when people visiting with friends
and family whom they may not have seen since the last gathering
become aware that something is not quite right.  "Our helpline
is staffed around the clock, even on the holidays, to ensure
that people looking for answers have somewhere to turn," said
WNY Chapter Executive Director Leilani Pelletier, M.S.
"Forgetting how to record a television show is not the same as
putting ice cream in the medicine cabinet, and for many people,
seeing those kinds of o