9 Tips for Better Alzheimer’s Care
Support and understanding of disease progression can help the caregiver meet challenges
Support and understanding of disease progression can help the caregiver meet challenges
Taking care of yourself is just as important as caring for a loved one.
Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s is taxing. Here are some practical tips intended to assist caregivers in caring for themselves, too.
Author Carlen Maddux, whose wife was just 50 when she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, shares advice for others are caring for a loved one in a similar situation.
Amy’s Place is the first free-standing Memory Cafe in the U.S. and its goal is simple: to give caregivers a little TLC.
A clinical psychologist shares what he learned about dealing with Alzheimer’s while caring for his mother through her final years.
A cofounder of Home Instead Senior Care shares Bible verses to comfort, encourage and inspire those who are caring for a loved one with dementia.
A year after her husband’s death, Karen Wilder opens up about what it’s like caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease.
Caring for a family member who has Alzheimer’s can be overwhelming.
Karen Stobbe and Mondy Carter, who provide training to dementia caregivers, share how they use techniques learned from improvisational theatre to engage with Karen’s mother, who has Alzheimer’s.
If you are caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, here are several tips from professional caregivers that we hope might help lighten your load a little bit.
Alzheimer’s is a condition that is trying for both the patients and those who care for them. Here’s a checklist that can help family caregivers take care of themselves, even as they care for their loved ones.