New Six Week Series: Top Caregiver Mistakes
This week we will begin a six week series on the most common caregiver mistakes. Week One is entitled: Underestimating the Amount of Help You Will Need Taking care of a family member should be a team activity and most of us don’t approach it that way. As...Counseling Keeps Alzheimer’s Patient’s at Home
Family caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients who received intensive counseling reduced their stress levels and delayed the need for nursing home care for their loved ones, a study reports today. Such support not only helps caregivers keep a relative at home, but it...Teenagers and Alzheimer’s Disease
One of the families I have been working with has a fifteen year old son. Since his grandmothers rapid change in mental status, she has been living with him and his family. Grandma is very angry and is saying and doing things that are not only disturbing to the adults,...Best Alzheimer’s Blog 2020
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