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Christine Kennard

Christine Kennard

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posted 06/22/2009, comments (4)

Communication Techniques in Late Stage Alzheimer's

In the late stage of Alzheimer's people find it increasingly difficult to communicate their needs and their distress in a verbal way. Caregivers have to find new ways, and at a more basic level, to find activities that relax the person, decrease their anxiety and maintain their wellbeing.   There is evidence that even people with very... Read moreChevron
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Carol Bradley Bursack

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Author, blogger and eldercare columnist
posted 11/12/2008, comments (8)

Engage With Grace Provides Valuable Tool for End-of-Life Discussion

In many ways I was fortunate as I made decisions about my parents deaths. My mother's sister and her husband were ten years older than my parents. They came out to the prairie to live near us, their only family, as aging and health problems took over their lives. We helped them through the death process. During this time, my parents made out... Read moreChevron
Alzheimer's Care Group/Sollievo

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Be Home Live Life
posted 10/30/2008, comments (0)

Communication

As Alzheimer's disease progress it can impact the way a person may communicate.  Communication is a vital piece in the care giving process.  It is the way we communicate our ideas, feelings, and wants.  Communication is a basic need that everyone must have met to maintain a quality... Read moreChevron
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The Midlife Gals

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posted 07/10/2008, comments (4)

Speaking Alzheimer's

I was reading about Alzheimer's the other day and came across an article about how to talk to a loved one with the disease.  I think sometimes people talk to us caregivers like we just broke out of a big ostrich egg and are in need of a big mother ostrich to tell us how to wipe ourselves.    Here is the first thing it said,... Read moreChevron
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