Yesterday, on Your Caregiving Journey, Nancy Hanley of My Health Care Manager, took your questions. (You can listen to our show via the player below). The questions she answered included: 1. I’ve been through so many home health aides! I need to find good help for my mom so I can go to work. I’ve [...]
If you could ask an Alzheimer’s researcher anything, what would you ask? Well, now you get the chance! We’ve been offered the opportunity to send seven questions to an Alzheimer’s researcher, who will then send back his answers for us to share on Caregiving.com. The researcher is Dr. Michael Rafii, MD, PhD, co-director of the [...]
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The New York Times reported yesterday that researchers have made a huge headway in the search for treatments and a cure for Alzheimer’s disease (“Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer’s”). The progress can be traced to a collaboration between researchers from pharmaceutical companies and academia called Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). “The key [...]
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Representatives from leading aging organizations and agencies from around the nation convened in St. Louis today to honor the 2010 winners of the National Family Caregiving Awards, sponsored by the National Alliance for Caregiving with support from MetLife Foundation. The programs were recognized for their innovation, effectiveness, and response to caregiver needs in their communities. [...]
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This morning on Your Caregiving Journey, Joni Gatz-Bauman, a member of the Brain Coach team at Marbles the Brain Store, shared games and activities you can enjoy with your caree. (You can listen to our discussion via the player at the bottom of the post.) Joni shared the following book and products recommendations: —”Keep Your [...]
On Thursday, Becky Lowry and Nancy Hanley, My Health Care Manager, joined us on Your Caregiving Journey to share activity ideas to beat back the cabin fever. You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of this post. Some suggestions we discussed during the show include: 1. Move–exercise can help you [...]
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Dear Denise, The basis of my question is this: How do you coax a very headstrong someone who’s aging, has Alzheimer’s and can no longer take care of themselves into a nursing home? Details below. A couple of years ago my mother was forced to move in with her mother as it was thought my [...]
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Some days, it feels great to get out of the house. It’s wonderful to hop in the car, drive away, and leave it all behind. And, then there are some days when staying at home to take a break is just what the doctor ordered. You don’t have to shower, change out of pajamas, or [...]
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November, in addition to honoring family caregivers, also brings awareness to Alzheimer’s disease. In honor of Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, Alzheimer’s Daily News featured a video in today’s newsletter that caught my eye. The video, “My Name is Lisa,” is a short, fictional film featuring the perspective of a 13-year-old girl. The film won numerous [...]
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Metlife Mature Market Institute® Survey Shows Notable Increases for Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Communities, Adult Day Services & Home Care Price rollbacks throughout the U.S. economy during the past year did not apply to long-term care service providers, according to the 2009 MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Adult Day Services, and Home [...]
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