The A-to-Z Alzheimer’s Caregiver’s Handbook, Written by One Caregiver for Another
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Written by One Caregiver for Another

I received an email after providing an educational program entitled The Journey of Dementia: What the Family Members are Experiencing. This was so meaningful to me that I asked the author if I could use this as a testimonial on my website and here is what he had to say: “I would just like to say it was a very new and refreshing perspective. Over the past six months I have attended many online classes/courses/sessions on Alzheimer’s/Dementia/Caregiving in order to keep current, refreshed, and in tune so I can provide better caregiving support. When you take a lot of classes,

April 21, 2021
Are You Prepared When Your Loved One Gets Lost
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Are You Prepared When Your Loved One Gets Lost?

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the statistic is that 6 in 10 people who live with Alzheimer’s or other dementia, will wander from the safety of their familiar home environment.  In my experience, the risk is closer to 8 in 10 people.  A common factor in not preparing, is the caregiver rejecting the idea that his or her loved one is capable of leaving; nor, has the desire to leave.  No one can predict when, where, or how, so why not take steps to prevent it?  The person living with dementia always has a goal which drives them from the

April 28, 2019
Daughter comforts Mom
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Home Is Where The Heart Is

“I want to go home” is a very common statement expressed by a person living with Alzheimer’s or other dementia usually voiced later in the disease process.  We need to first understand the reason behind the statement.  Finding out the “why” will allow us to better know how to respond.  Home is where most of us are most comfortable and content.  We find ourselves feeling safe, secure, and accepted.  Home is where we belong.  A person living with Alzheimer’s eventually does not know where home is.  At this point, when the person is asking to go home, what is it

February 7, 2019
Sandra Day O’Connor Understands Alzheimer’s
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Sandra Day O’Connor Understands Alzheimer’s

Sandra Day O’Connor, our first female Supreme Court Justice has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.  She was the caregiver to her husband for years, who lived with Alzheimer’s.  If anyone understood the disease process, she did.  She’s become an example for me to honor in my trainings as she experienced what it was like to place her husband in memory care assisted living.  Understanding that her husband no longer recognized her and that as a human being still had the need for human connection and intimacy, she accepted his development of a relationship with another woman resident.  As Justice O’Connor

October 29, 2018

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