> Dear Helpline, My wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease a few years ago. Over the last 6 months, I’ve noticed she’s been more agitated and aggressive than usual. I can’t seem to get her to settle down as easily as I once had. She is constantly pacing the hallways in our house, resists when preparing for bed, and lashes out verbally. I don’t know what happened! Can you help me? — Robert Stephanie Aragon Director of Helpline -------------------------------------------------------------- [...]

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Becoming an Informed Donor Lou-Ellen Barkan Founding Director -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last month, carefully inspecting a head of lettuce to establish its country of origin and organic status, I noticed that my trips to the market are longer. Not surprising, since I’m addicted to checking food packaging, lists of ingredients, sell by dates, and allergy warnings. Notwithstanding the time this takes, it’s time well spent. I leave the marke [...]

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CaringKind’s 3rd Annual Technology and Caregiving Fair Ed Cisek Chief Program Officer and Vice President of Program Evaluation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Virtual Senior Center. An incontinence pad that detects urinary tract infections. The capability to monitor your family member’s activity with your smart phone. These were just a few of the products on display at CaringKind’s 3rd annual Technology and Caregiving Fair held on April 29th [...]

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It’s Summertime and Giving is Easy Christian Doucette, Director of Community Engagement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Athletes to End Alzheimer’s® program has had a phenomenal year! To date, 142 athletes have raised over $323,000 in the United Airlines NYC Half Marathon, TD Five Boro Bike Tour, New York City Triathlon, TCS New York City Marathon, and TackleALZ flag football game. We’ve also just opened registration for our annual CaringKin [...]

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Jed A. Levine President & CEO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Readers, Dear Reader, While dementia care is challenging and exhausting, there are moments of joy, connection and hope that there will soon be effective treatments. But CaringKind believes that hope is not a plan. While we advocate for and support research, our focus remains care. In Dementia Reimagined, Tia Powell, MD explains, “Here is where I, in my role as Debbie Downer MD, [...]

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