Tag Archives: Alzheimer’s disease
August 2012 Newsletter
After support group ends, attendees form their own group
For caregivers and their loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease, support groups provide much needed information, a place to air their burdens, and companionship with people in a similar situation. After their eight-month class on memory loss, five couples and two single women did not want their camaraderie to end, reporter Dominique Fong wrote for The Oregonian. One couple, Dave and Hallie Caswell, said their love and care for their fellow … Read the rest »
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Tagged Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's disease, assisted living, body language, Caregivers, communication techniques, Dementia, elder care, fight against Alzheimer's Disease, Mayo Clinic's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, meaningful activity, memory loss, safety of patients with dementia, social needs of patients, support groups, Walk to End Alheizmer's
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June 2012 Newsletter
Instead of striving to be perfect, aim for becoming the best caregiver
The notion that families take care of their own may inspire some caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease toward burnout. While a caregiver believes that they know their loved one the best, they may not ask for any assistance and attempt to become the perfect caregiver. Gary Joseph LeBlanc says there is no such thing as a perfect caregiver. LeBlanc, who writes a weekly column called “Common … Read the rest »
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Tagged Alzheimer's advocates, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's disease in the African-American community, caregiver, Common Sense Caregiving, empathy, explaining Alzheimer's disease to children, Gary Joseph LeBlanc, hostile interactions between caregivers and patients, learning process, Marie Marley, Matt Brown, Mayo Clinic, negative personality changes, The Huffington Post
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May 2012 Newsletter
Living with Alzheimer’s and talking about it
Kathy explains her Alzheimer’s diagnosis this way: Now I am caught in the tension between remembering and forgetting. Kathy is a 62-year-old registered nurse who is doing what she can to hold onto her life. Angela Carella, a reporter for The Advocate, a Stamford, Conn. newspaper, describes Kathy as a fighter. Kathy, who wants to keep her last name private because not everyone knows of her diagnosis, has already defeated cancer and … Read the rest »
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Tagged Alzheimer's disease, Caregivers, caregivers support group, cognitive testing, coping with Alzheimer's disease, Dementia, dementia patients cause of death, emotional support, former Secretary of Aging for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, improve quality of life, increase in Alzheimer's cases, IU Center for Aging Research, Linda Rhodes, Marie Marley, neurological exams, nontraditional methods of treatment, palliative medicine nurse practitioner, The Huffington Post
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April 2012 News
Writer laments that his mom no longer knows who he is
It is so surprising, but it is almost inevitable. Chuck Gomez wrote that he would never forget the moment when he realized his mother no longer knew who he was. Gomez, a playwright and former Emmy Award-winning television news journalist, called that event a devastating reality. While he knows it is bound to happen to every child of a parent with Alzheimer’s, he could not believe that it was … Read the rest »
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Tagged Affordable Care Act, Alzheimer's advocates, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's research, anticipatory grief, caretaker, CareTogether, complicated grief, coordinate care, Dementia, five stages of grief, Marie Marley, nursing home, Obama administration, primary caregiver, social media, support group, unresolved grief
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