subtitle: A Guide for Family Caregivers Living with Alzheimer's Disease or Age-Related Dementia
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.
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Topics and Discussion:
What is a sample schedule for a day in each stage of the disease?
How can you set up your own schedule?
How can you task out the daily household and caregiving jobs and assign tasks to other family members or professional care providers.
Look at the traffic flow in the house and move obstacles. How can you evaluate their mobility now and assess and plan for how it will change in the other stages.
How can you make sure that you the caregiver has daily contact with someone outside?
What are some activities that caregiver & loved one can do together in each stage of the illness?
What are some exercises that you both can do at home and how?
What are some easy, healthy menu ideas and shopping lists?
What can a man do who finds himself suddenly a caregiver and homemaker for the first time?
