Archive for September 2017

More at… http://www.aarp.org/home-family/caregiving/qa-tool/info-2016/what-is-palliative-care.html AARP Logo. AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps people 50
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More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/the-uncertain-future-of-genetic-testing/ Bringing genetics into medicine leads to more accuracy, better diagnosis and personalised treatment – but not for all. Carrie Arnold meets families for whom gene testing has led only to unanswered questions. AnneMarie Ciccarella, a fast-talking 57-year-old brunette with a more than a hint of a Ne… Read More

More at… http://thecaregiversvoice.com/tcv-humor/caregiver-humor-bittersweet-reflection/ While caring for a loved one with dementia, there are painful moments, which make us wonder if we can go on. For some, within that pain, lies an opportunity for laughter. This is how we survive. Caregiver humor is like that – bittersweet. She Is Much Nicer Than You Are Retired nurse-turned car… Read More

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Bathing resistance is a common challenge among family caregivers caring for a loved one with dementia. Peruse any online support group for Alzheimer’s or dementia caregiving and you will find dozens if not hundreds of threads created by caregivers frustrated by a loved one’s reluctance or ref… Read More

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Like any other day, Jake took a break from his shift at the warehouse to have lunch at the diner around the corner. Sally, the server, had come to know him quite well. She knew, for example, that Jake often took time off work to care for his dad, who had Alzheimer’s disease. “How’s your&#82… Read More

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Angela Cooper arrived home from work to discover her daughter’s temperature had spiked to 102 degrees – a sign that the teenager, who has cancer, had a potentially deadly bloodstream infection. As Cooper rushed her daughter to the hospital, her mind raced: Had she done something to ca… Read More

More at… http://thecaregiversvoice.com/tcv-review/review-of-and-then-i-looked-up-dementia-women-speak-out/ Triple Jeopardy – Women with Dementia In this new video, And Then I Looked Up Dementia – Women Speak Out, the Global Alzheimer’s Dementia Action Alliance offers a powerful testament of women who live with dementia. Worldwide, caregivers and people with dementia are speaking out in… Read More

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Chief Gene Saunders, CEO and founder of Project Lifesaver, during a recent training. Project Lifesaver International (PLI) has been a member of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) since 2004. PLI’s program is designed to help locate and safely return home individuals with Alzh… Read More

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A few weeks ago, I was at the beach and I saw a young woman walking with her two little boys and her husband.  Her husband was disabled, walking with a cane and appearing to have lost some muscle function in his arms and legs.  I keep thinking about the woman and what I would […]

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After three months of using hot compresses to shrink the stye on my daughter’s eyelid, it wasn’t getting any smaller. My daughter is prone to this sort of growth, called a chalazion. This one would have to be removed surgically, like the one she had removed from the same eyelid two ye… Read More