Planning ahead can help with the financial costs of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s can take a financial toll on the person with the disease and their family. Putting legal, financial and end-of-life plans in place is one of the most important steps a person with Alzheimer’s can take. It allows them to participate in making decisions that help family and friends know their wishes.
Make twice the impact today. Alzheimer’s disease
More than 5 million people in the United States today are living with Alzheimer’s disease. And that number is expected to increase to over 7 million people by 2025.That’s why we urgently need your support.
Today, you can provide twice as much help and hope to those affected by Alzheimer’s with a donation to our Spring Matching Gift Challenge.
A foundation, that wishes to remain anonymous, has agreed to give $600,000 to the Alzheimer’s Association if we can raise that same amount by May 31. That means your donation today can double our efforts to advance research toward methods of prevention and treatment, as well as enhance our local care and support services for all those affected.
A gift of $35 can become $70, a gift of $60 can become $120 — or your especially generous gift of $120 can become $240 when you donate today.
Any amount you send by May 31 can be matched dollar for dollar — up to $600,000, so please don’t hesitate to make a gift today while it can make twice the impact. Thank you.
Fighting Dementia through Joyful Living
This free program series, “Fighting Dementia through Joyful Living,” is designed to help those in the early stages of living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias live a full, joyful life. Living a healthy life with Alzheimer’s disease involves maintaining your physical, emotional, social and spiritual health.
Fighting Dementia through Joyful Living
Cost: Free
This program series, “Fighting Dementia through Joyful Living”, is designed to help those in the early stages of living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias live a full, joyful life.
Living a healthy life with Alzheimer’s disease involves maintaining your physical, emotional, social and spiritual health.
Who should attend
The program is for individuals with early stage dementia and their friends and family.
Dates and locations: See the Calendar
Joyful Living Series: Creating Moments of Joy
This is an invitation for care partners of individuals with MCI or early stage dementia to join a 10 week discussion group that will center on the book CREATING MOMENTS OF JOY. We will touch on several of the chapters that offer invaluable tools to help the care partner understand and face key dilemmas that seem to change on a daily basis. The author, Jolene Brackey, offers approaches for creating moments of joy for both the care partner and the individual with dementia. We will meet for 10 weeks starting 6/1/16 and ending 8/3/16. You don’t need to commit to all ten weeks. We hope the discussions will provide you support and a feeling of commonality. Please consider registering to become a part of our group.
Who should attend:
Care partners of individuals with MCI or early stage dementia.
Dates and locations: See the Calendar
Long-distance Alzheimer’s caregiving can be challenging
In today’s world, many families are geographically spread apart and aren’t always able to provide hands-on care for a person living with Alzheimer’s. While living at a distance can complicate caregiving, we have resources to help.
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In today’s world, many families are geographically spread apart. And we are not always able to provide the hands-on care we would like. While living at a distance can complicate caregiving, there are resources to help.
Taking care of concerns, such as a family member’s safety, nutrition and health, can be difficult when you live in another city, state or country. But getting organized and being prepared can go a long way in helping coordinate care from a distance.
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More than 100 research studies pertaining to Alzheimer’s and dementias are underway. Alzheimer’s Association TrialMatch lets you search these trials quickly and easily. Find a trial.
Early-stage care
If the person with dementia is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s and lives independently, you will need to reassess care needs at each visit.
Ask yourself:
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Middle-stage and late-stage care
Early in the middle stages, it will become too difficult or dangerous for a person with Alzheimer’s to be left alone. The person will need supervision around the clock. During the late-stages, around-the-clock care needs will become more intensive. There are several care options, including having a caregiver provide care in the home, moving the person into the home of a relative, or moving the person to a residential care facility.
Regardless of which care arrangement you use, periodically assess the situation to make sure the needs of the person with dementia are being met. Ask yourself:
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Moving the person into your own home
If you are considering moving the person into your home, here are some things to think about:
Moving a person with Alzheimer’s disease from familiar surroundings may cause increased agitation and confusion. Make sure to talk with your loved one’s physician or a social worker and call the Alzheimer’s Association for assistance before making a decision.
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Sometimes it takes a village. Building a list of contacts and local resources is vital when coordinating care from a distance. Having trusted eyes close at hand is also essential to make sure care needs are being met.
Use our free online calendar.Our Care Team Calendar helps you coordinate when friends, family and neighbors can help out with caregiving.
The doctor
Keep in contact with the physician overseeing care, and make sure he or she has your contact information in case there are concerns about your family member’s mental or physical well-being. Have the person with dementia sign a release of information so the doctor is free to communicate with you.
Few long-distance caregivers are able to spend as much time with their loved one as they would like. The key is to use your time effectively:
Join Bankers Life associates for our 14th annual Bankers Life Forget Me Not Days
Join Bankers Life associates for our 14th annual Bankers Life Forget Me Not Days in the City of Chicago on Friday, June 3, and Saturday, June 4. Or gather at suburban locations on Friday, June 10, and Saturday, June 11
Join Bankers Life associates for our 14th annual Bankers Life Forget Me Not Days in the City of Chicago on Friday, June 3, and Saturday, June 4. Or gather at suburban locations on Friday, June 10, and Saturday, June 11.
Together, our volunteers will collect donations outside local storefronts to raise awareness and funds for the Alzheimer’s Association. In exchange for a donation, patrons will receive Forget-Me-Not flower seeds to plant in honor of a loved one. So gather your family, friends or co-workers and REGISTER TODAY at a participating location near you!
For more information contact Rebekah Marquez at rmarquez@alz.org or 847-779-6973.