Life in a sandwich
About a third of all Alzheimer’s and dementia patient caregivers are living their lives “sandwiched” between caring for their loved one and raising their own children or grandchildren. With women often having their children...
Category: Caregiving
Helping a loved one with Alzheimer’s manage medications
As a caregiver you will likely be organizing and administering medications as part of your loved one’s daily care routine. Medication management also includes discussing both existing and new medications with doctors, filling prescriptions,...
Top 10 List: Our most popular info and tips
We took a look at what pages people visited most on our Chapter web site www.alz.org/norcal. Here is what showed up as our most popular pages!
Hearing loss and dementia
Hearing impairment that is caused by the natural process of aging is called age related hearing loss. Of the various types of hearing loss, age related is the most common type, affecting people from...
Take care when giving to your caregiver
by Charles Warner “There are only four kinds of people in the world – those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need...
Get to know your physician before you meet him/her
by Charles G. Warner Getting Information about a Physician At some point, everyone needs to see a doctor for one reason or another. If you believe you are having memory issues or family members...
Honra a tu Madre; Aprende Acerca de la Pérdida de la Memoria
The Alzheimer’s Association would like to invite the community to a free educational event offered in Spanish – Honor Your Mother; Learn About Memory Loss – on Saturday, May 10, 2014 from 9:00 am...
