Alzheimer’s Dementia Caregiving By Linda Fodrini‐Johnson, MA, MFT, CMC Founder & Chairman, Eldercare Services Almost 80% of all caregiving is provided by families. For survival and quality of life, for both the person with the illness and the primary family caregivers, the following tips are vital for good health and Alzheimer’s dementia caregiving. Understand the illness Read More
Caregiving as a Career or a Stepping Stone?
Caregiving as a Career or a Stepping Stone? By Linda Fodrini‐Johnson, MA, MFT, CMC Founder & Chairman, Eldercare Services Being a caregiver to a frail older adult or anyone who has a major disability can be one of the most rewarding careers or a stepping stone to a career in nursing, medicine, social work or Read More
Alzheimer’s at Young Ages – “Still Alice”
Julianne Moore does an incredible job at playing the part of brilliant, 50-year-old college professor “Alice” who recognizes her own symptoms of a brain disorder – thinking, of course, that it must be a brain tumor. She was forgetting words and directions with more frequency; her normal thought process seemed just a little “out of Read More
Marriage Survival: 6 Tips for the Caregiving Spouse
Caring is a gift of love, obligation or default because there is no one to share the care. With family care often also comes exhaustion, frustration, anger, depression, or disappointment at the same time as loving concern. In our wedding vows, most of us promised to care for our partner in sickness and in health. Read More
Caregivers Love “All Your Perfect Imperfections”
I hear so often from family caregivers who feel guilty because they can’t fix mom or dad or be the “everything” their spouse needs. So, these words – from a John Legend song, “All of Me” – ring true for us. In the song, he sings that he loves “All of You” despite your perfect Read More
Q&A: How to Feel Closer to A Spouse with Alzheimer’s
When experts in the medical field are faced with a challenging question or complex issue, they often turn to trusted colleagues for professional input and support. Dr. Leslie Kernisan, a board-certified geriatrician and clinical instructor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Department of Medicine, tackles difficult topics on a regular basis – in Read More
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