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Let's Talk About Alzheimer’s Disease
Welcome to "Let's Talk About Alzheimer's", a periodic blog post that you will find informative, insightful, solution-based, and entertaining. The blogs will initiate and even challenge you to contemplate and communicate your thoughts on aging and the elderly as well as: medical, social, spiritual, financial, legal, caregiving, and many other issues related to AD. Actually, caregiving issues are my personal and most passionate area of concerns impacting a person with this disease. What are some blog topics you would like us to post? Take a look at our preview of hot blog topics to come:
*Exploring Family Dynamics and AD
How would you describe your family: close-casual-estranged? It can make a difference in the care of an AD patient.
*You need a game plan when caring for AD patients.
What would your's be?
*Many caregivers feel insecure about handling AD-related behavior symptoms
There are many techniques for transforming serious behaviors.
*Many people distrust research and clinical trials. Do you?
They are the foundations for an AD cure, treatment, and prevention
*What AD is and what it is not!
For example: It’s not a mental illness
*Can't remember familiar names, places, and are searching for words?
Learn the 10 warning signs for AD
*How would you want to be treated if you had AD, and where would you want to live?
Home or nursing home?
*Real talk about paid in-home-caregivers for AD patients
Beware!