The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (alzfdn.org) offers nine tips to help family caregivers avoid depression:
Category Archives: Caregiving – General
“Being a caregiver” (short remarks by local support group member)
Local support group member T cares for her husband Chris with Parkinson’s Disease Dementia. Chris was diagnosed almost ten years ago. As T says, it was a diagnosis that “changed everything and nothing.”
Anticipatory and Ambiguous Grief” (in caregiving) – Webinar Notes
Brain Support Network volunteer Denise Dagan attended a talk in mid-April 2022 that she describes as “the best talk I have heard on anticipatory and ambiguous grief.” The guest speaker was dementia care specialist and certified grief counseling specialist Hollie Glover. The webinar was hosted by WellMed Caregiver Teleconnection (wellmedcharitablefoundation.
“Chronic Disease, Your Healthy Spouse, and Sex” (article)
Many chronic conditions (and medications used to treat these conditions) can affect sexual interest. This is true for all of the atypical parkinsonism disorders and Parkinson’s disease.
Health Central has a good article on this topic. Excerpt:
Marriage is hard for everyone, but it can be even harder when one person has a chronic condition. Disease, illness, and disability can make a partner seem like a different person. That’s no one’s fault, says Laurel Wittman, board president of the Well Spouse Association… “This is an area that people really struggle with,” she says. While some partners come together to find ways to sustain physical intimacy, for others the situation takes a huge toll on the relationship.
Read the full article here:
https://www.healthcentral.com/
Chronic Disease, Your Healthy Spouse, and Sex
Health Central
March 21, 2022
“Women Share How They Balance Caregiving, Children, and Careers”
This interesting article from the December 2021/January 2022 edition of Brain & Life (brainandlife.org) magazine focuses on how daughter juggle caring for parents when their health starts to fail, while also working full time and raising families.