One more reason -- and an extremely important one at that -- NOT to change the clocks! It's so hard on people with #dementia, especially those who experience #Sundowning, and their #caregivers. November is #AlzheimersAwarenessMonth and #NationalFamilyCaregiversMonth. Let's do better by this community -- 6.7 million and counting -- that already has so many challenges.
Asher is back in his regular #guardian#cat position. He assigned himself daily job of #guarding my #Dad ❤ If he doesn't see Dad on couch or in kitchen, Asher runs to bedroom to check. My Dad really loves having a #dedicated security cat guardian 🥰
Remembering the #Congresspeople who blocked #Biden's plan to help #caregivers. "Families & other caregivers take on an array of tasks, scheduling appts & feeding & caring for people w/#Alzheimer's or #dementia. The report said 11.5 million relatives & caregivers provided more than 18 million hours of unpaid care last year. That amounted to a full-time job for caregivers who spent an avg. of nearly 31 hours a week caring for a person w/Alzheimer's or dementia."
@cobalt. Thank goodness #Biden hasn't given up. As you point out, though, the need is tremendous, and not supporting #caregivers is, again as you point out, not only inhumane but irrational.
Hours and days I’ve wanted a better system to handle my son’s main daily meds, PRN and OTC meds and all the pill keepers and main accessory health products. Finally I found heavy clear acrylic drawers in cases of two. Literally halved the space it all took on the counter!
Repurposed 3 plastic bins and the ammo box we’d used for years. It’s a small thing but many moments of pleasure to have in otherwise serious days. @caregivers #Caregivers #Medications
My mom took a fall and I've been with her and Dad in the hospital for the past 2 days. The emergency room was so full, they put patients in the hallway. Stretchers with sick people everywhere.
We got the boot after a Careflight came in, and enjoyed being on the corner in a busy hallway between 2 main entrances, one being the ambulance entry. So relax.
She's finally in a very nice room and recouperating. I'm supposed to be working, but called in sick again. I just can't. #Caregivers
I wrote this column for #LiliFiore, whose work with Much Love, Lili is meant to help #caregivers and people dealing with #grief (and more). It talks about what I wish I knew, what I wish we had done when my father was sick with #early-onset #Alzheimer's. I hope you find it helpful .
"Imagine a future with home care and elder care so seniors and people living with disabilities can stay in their homes and family caregivers get paid what they deserve!" From #Biden's #SOTU
So glad he is going back to and ready to fight again for this part of the #InflationReductionAct -- support for #caregivers -- that unfortunately (and cruelly) didn't pass.
It is an honor to participate in the #Kensington#RedwoodCity Open House for #Caregivers. The event will take place on May 2, and if you are in the neighborhood, please consider coming. My #memoir -- Finding the Right Words -- which I wrote with #UCSF#neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller, will be the departure point for the discussion, which will lay the groundwork for a supportive conversation about #caregiving, #grief, #love, and #dementia.
In 2019, a pair of #Winnipeg#moms launched #Lullaland, the Province’s first-of-its-kind #baby#sensory program with the goal of promoting early #bonding between #caregivers and their little ones. Fast forward five years, the pair are set to bring their program to families across #Canada.
“We wanted to create something that was just as engaging and fun for the grown-up as it is for the baby,” explained Fran Hiebert, a co-owner of Lullaland.