In memory: Pat Sippel December 4, 1937 – December 10, 2013
With great sadness, I share with you the shocking news that last week, we lost our friend and Board member Pat Sippel. In our work we deal with loss on an on-going basis, and still we are...
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A Day in the Life of a Caregiver: Stephanie and Dolores
In this video series, we highlight caregivers Stephanie and Dolores. These women care for their husbands who have Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s a look at what an average day looks like from sun up to...
Helping Alzheimer’s Families – Including Your Own – Survive the Holidays
Holidays can be challenging for people with Alzheimer’s disease, and can be a particularly stressful time for caregivers. The added layer of seemingly required holiday rituals, family and other social obligations, may completely tear...
Portrait of Care: Angie
Angie is a caregiver for her husband John, who is in the early middle stage of Alzheimer’s disease. While John is still able to do many things, such as shower, brush his teeth and...
SATURDAY: The Genius of Marian in San Francisco
I want to tell all of you about an event I’ll be attending next week that I am very excited about: the Bay Area premiere of a documentary film call The Genius of Marian....
Caregiving is never easy – join the #lifeasacaregiver tweetathon
November is National Family Caregiver Month. Join the #lifeasacaregiver conversation. Tweets about “#lifeasacaregiver”
Portrait of Care: Jim
Jim is a caregiver for his mom, who was diagnosed with dementia in 2011 – but she has been showing signs for more than 15 years. He handles all of her day to day...
Portrait of Care: Sushma
Sushma is a caregiver for her dad, who in 2008 was diagnosed with Vascular Dementia and in 2012 received the news that the disease had progressed to the later stages of Alzheimer’s, leaving him...
