Footage reveals three-minute visit for dementia patient by homecare staff – video report
A homecare agency paid to look after people with dementia has been spending as little as three minutes on care visits that are supposed to last half an hour -…
Maine Has A Plan To Help Family Caregivers. Other States Should Follow
Family caregivers are overwhelmed, usually untrained, and often under enormous financial stress. If they are lucky, they have a community to help support them. But unless those receiving care are…
To Attract In-Home Caregivers, California Offers Paid Training — And Self-Care
One November afternoon, Chris Espedal asked a group of caregivers — all of whom work with people who have cognitive impairments, behavioral health issues, or complex physical needs — to…
When People With Alzheimer’s Stop Eating
A few months before Jasja De Smedt Kotterman’s mother died of Alzheimer’s at age 76, Kotterman found her mother staring vacantly at a meal, a plate of fruit that had…
Community Voices: Create circles of care for caregivers
Rooted in love and lived in the practicality of medical appointments, support groups and the balancing act of everyday life, serving as a caregiver for a loved one living with…
8 Dementia-Related Behaviors and Ways to Manage Them
Ordinary activities such as bathing or sleeping can quickly turn into a battle of wills for caregivers and people with dementia. In those exasperating moments, your loved one is trying to tell…
Wife caring for husband with dementia gives advice to caregivers
BLAINE, Minn. (FOX 9) - Carl and Carolyn Oldani’s marriage is a love story still writing its vows of devotion. Full Story
HOW DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS CAN COPE WITH THE HOLIDAYS
Although the holiday season brings joy to many, it may mean added stress for families supporting a loved one with memory loss. Full Story
Local dementia groups help individuals, caregivers
In 2004, Joyce Robinson and her siblings watched as their mother was diagnosed with dementia. “We struggled with it because we had never seen this before,” Joyce recalls. “We saw…
IT PAYS TO KNOW: Gift Ideas for Seniors with Alzheimer’s
What do you get your elderly parents for Christmas? Chances are, they don’t need anything. Full Story