Nancy Hendley Dementia Care Trainer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Family Caregiver Workshop: A Tool of Support It has been well established that Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias affect not only the person with the diagnosis but also the friends and family of that person. Spouses, children, adult children, and friends struggle to comprehend the changes brought on by the disease process. The challenges that we face as care partners are n [...]

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CaringKind Alzheimer’s Walks 2019 THANK YOU to our Walkers for making our CaringKind Alzheimer’s Walks such a huge success! With the help of more than 50 volunteers, our Brooklyn Walkers raised $60,000 in support of Alzheimer’s and dementia caregiving. And with the help of more than 100 volunteers, our Manhattan Walkers raised over $400,000. Here are just a few of the moments captured at our Walks! To see all of our Walk photos, go to caringkindnyc.org/walk [https://www.caringkindnyc.org/walk]. [...]

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Dasha Kiper Consulting Clinical Supervisor, Support Groups -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Self-Care in Support Groups When Ben Schultz, a man in his late 70s, joined a support group, he expected that his wife would be the focus of the group’s attention. But he soon learned otherwise. The members spoke about their own difficulties, about what caring for someone with dementia was doing to them. And for the first time in four years of looking aft [...]

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Stephanie Aragon Director of Helpline -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Making the Call Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease. Your wife’s diagnosis may have been made when she was in an early stage of the disease. Changes have apparently been gradual, and with you there to help her, life may have continued smoothly. There are different areas in the brain. For example, there are areas for memory, for speech, for planning, and for physical activit [...]

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Jed A. Levine President & CEO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Readers, Dear Reader, These days, like many of you, I’m a family caregiver. In addition to my job as CaringKind’s CEO and President, I am CEO, CFO and COO, Executive Assistant, nurse, pharmacy tech, and chief cook and bottle washer at home. And I’m in charge of laundry! It’s exhausting, but it’s helped me know when to ask for help. Caring for a relative or friend with dementia [...]

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