Ask Aunt Annie has advice on living with Alzheimer's and being a caregiver
The Ask Annie Archive has answers and practical caregiving tips.
The Buddy Plan pairs caregivers for one-on-one friendships with people who have been there.
Read about nursing homes and how to make a safe transition for your loved one.
Read about coming home from a nursing home and how to plan to bring your loved one home.
Check out some of the nutrients, vitamins and supplements that we have tried and what to ask your medical team.
Read about where to find resources and how to decide what you need.
Read about Alzheimer's Disease and its stages in normal people-talk.
Read about the warning signs for Alzheimer's Disease.
How your family can live with Alzheimer's Disease.
How our family has lived with Alzheimer's Disease.
How home health care professionals can help your family live with Alzheimer's Disease at home.
I attribute my success to being too stubborn to believe that we couldn't do it. As a part of our stubborness Granddad and were able to forget all of our notions of pride and ask everybody we met for help and advice.
This web site is a free resource for families like us and the buddy plan is a way for all of us to get through this easier. Most caregivers are spouses and the lonliness is one of most painful parts for the caregiver. Having a friend or family member who has experienced what you are going through makes living with the disease and its impact less painful.
Please join us.
Each of us signs up to be an online friend to a caregiver who is experiencing a phase of the disease that we have gone through. In turn we each get a friend who has suffered through whatever stage we are currently in.
Being an online buddy means checking in with and talking online to your buddy once a week. We share ideas and talk and listen. It is a great relief to just know that somebody is out there who you can talk to who has been there.
We will make chat rooms available for a regular weekly chat session beginning in February.
