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Carol Bradley Bursack

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Author, blogger and eldercare columnist

Intentional aging-in-place communities support elders’ ability to make choices

No matter how small the adjustments we need to make in our lives are, most of us like to be presented with options from which we can choose. Even if the choices presented aren’t exactly what we’d like, the chance to make conscious choices generally helps us to feel better about our fate. That is why intentional aging communities,... Read moreChevron
posted 09/29/2011, comments (0)|
Expert_badge Carol Bradley Bursack

Carol Bradley Bursack

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Author, blogger and eldercare columnist

Final stage caregiving: two very different books about life, death and spirituality converge

Two books I’ve recently read make an odd pair, but a pair none the less, because both are about living, dying, and acceptance. On the surface, they are quite opposite in their take on spirituality. Yet, in the end, they come to the same conclusion  -  that a spiritual connection is vital for most people in order to accept the... Read moreChevron
posted 08/17/2011, comments (0)|
Expert_badge Carol Bradley Bursack

Carol Bradley Bursack

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Author, blogger and eldercare columnist

Training frontline caregivers essential to care and can be cost effective

A few years back, I had a chance to go through a rigorous caregiver’s experience by attending “Dementia Boot Camp.” Though I felt I was as good a caregiver to the multiple elders in my family as I could be, this experience, which through a combination of high and low tech methods threw me into the world of helplessness that... Read moreChevron
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AFA Care Connection NEXT Thursday 6/09/11

Hello Friends, Please join us NEXT Thursday, June 9, 2011, for Care Connection, a FREE teleconference by the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA), designed for both family caregivers and professional caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related illnesses. These teleconferences are a valuable mix of coaching, guest... Read moreChevron
posted 06/01/2011, comments (0)|
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What People with Dementia Want from Long Term Care Facilities

Seeking a Meaningful and Purposeful Life Most of us seek a meaningful and purposeful life. For many people with dementia however, care facilities seem geared more towards survival than making quality of life paramount. Research by E Barnett, from her conversations with people in Day Centers, show that they had three main preoccupations; home, loss... Read moreChevron

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