Thought of the Week – Be Good to Yourself
Begin each day by being good to yourself. When you are the best you can be, That’s when you have the most to give.
Begin each day by being good to yourself. When you are the best you can be, That’s when you have the most to give.
No one is more cherished in this world than Someone who lightens the burden of another.
Dr. Judith London offers easy-to-understand tips, helpful when communicating with people who have Alzheimer’s. See how to brighten their lives alongside the lives of their caregivers, family and friends.
BOOK OF THE WEEK – VIDEO: I’m Still Here: A New Philosophy of Alzheimer’s Care, discusses Dr. John Zeisel’s highly effective non-drug treatments for Alzheimer’s.
TIPS, INFO + FREE HANDBOOK: Caring for dementia can cause caregiver burnout, endangering both patient & caregiver. Learn 8 ways to prevent it and better
FREE WORKBOOK: “Care partner” evokes a relationship based on cooperation and common goals. It’s a two way street, fostering person-centered care and mutual feelings of
FREE BOOK: Dementia design improves the independence of people with dementia. This online book is available at no charge. Learn dozens of clever design tips
VIDEO & BOOK-OF-THE-WEEK: Dr. Gayatri Devi, neurologist at New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital, released “The Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer’s
DIAGNOSIS VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT Alzheimer’s may just be NPH (Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus), a curable dementia. 400,000 Americans have NPH. Only 11,000 are properly diagnosed. See
BOOK OF THE WEEK: VIDEO + ARTICLE: “Color Your Mind” is an innovative activity book for people with Alzheimer’s. It was created with insights from
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PRODUCT OF THE WEEK: Caregivers love this pill box, as do patients and professionals. Simply fill it once a month. Roomy, simple, ingenious.
TEEPA VIDEO: What do you do when someone with dementia insists on going home, again and again? Watch Teepa Snow do it with style, in yet another great care video.
PREVENTING ELDER ABUSE VIDEO:
How trustworthy are care facilities? Care professionals are self-sacrificing, hard-working and compassionate. Yet, one careless moment can quickly snowball into elder abuse. Watch this true story.
An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?
If you couldn’t see your mashed potatoes, you probably wouldn’t eat them. That’s why what “The Red Plate Study” found was astonishing! Alzheimer’s patients eating from red plates consumed 25 percent more food than those eating from white plates. Find out why.
Enjoy this great duet between a musician with dementia and his son. A triumph of spirit over Alzheimer’s! Sing-a-long if you like!
It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.
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