Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Platform

Alzheimer's Disease Professional and Family Caregiving Platform

AlzPossible is an educational and networking platform for Alzheimer's disease professional and family caregivers.

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Tell me more! My approach to caregiving is slightly non-traditional. My company helps families by being their "person on the ground" with Mom or Dad, their "spare daughter" who gets things done, their concierge, if you will. We are fast, innovati...
November 12
hmmm... i hear you.... incidentally, Elizabeth, i wonder if you might have an hour to spend with us on the upcoming live discussion on respite care - we have three panelists listed here: http://www.alzpossible.org/newsletter/respite.html - with y...
November 12
Hi Nico. Yes, those resources are fantastic, but they mostly point to the local companion and home health care agencies. (I work with those same agencies myself in my care coordination work.) This daughter hasn't been happy with the agencies so is...
November 10
Hi Elizabeth - there are various ways to help. the local Alzheimer's Association or Area Agency on Aging, the Virginia Department for the Aging - all could provide concrete solutions which could be reviewed and explored. i'm sure you have suggeste...
November 10
Nico Stanculescu added an event
December 2, 2009 from 12pm to 1pm
Join Ellen Nau, Martha Watkins, Pam Dodge and Ayn Welleford for a live presentation and discussion on the multiple aspects, challenges and solutions for respite care. The live webinar will showcase three short slide-lectures with audio followed by...
November 10
Elizabeth Swider added a discussion
This is a request from a client who needs a caregiver for her mom: Hi Elizabeth, Thank you for talking to me at length today and for your openness to get the word out into your network for me. What I'm looking for is basically a very patient and...
October 16
August 13
Judith A. Bartle is now a member of Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Platform
August 13

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Virginia's Resource for Health and Aging

AlzPossible

The mission of Virginia's ALZHEIMER'S COMMISSION ALZPOSSIBLE INITIATIVE is to establish a much-needed organizational structure for coordinating purposeful activities and initiatives on Alzheimer’s and other dementing illnesses within the Commonwealth. The AlzPossible is to be established as a virtual center or a center without walls. The virtual center concept is a hybrid organization designed to leverage intellectual assets, rather than physical assets, to attain its corporate objectives. Whenever possible, the objective is to form partnerships among groups or organizations within the Commonwealth, to take advantage of their respective talents and resources, and to advance the public health goals of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

This project was supported, in part by grant number 90AZ2771 from the U.S. Administration on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration on Aging policy.
 

The "What" on AlzPossible...

...This is a network where you can find or add new resources, learn through live webinars (or propose new ones), announce your relevant events, tell others about your organization's mission and services, ask questions or respond to others, comment and post your own videos or photos. In addition, you can chat with others (see feature to the right), write in our blog, create your own group and customize "My Page." Feel free to invite new members and expand on your network of friends within the AlzPossible...

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Elizabeth Swider

Caregiver Needed 4 Replies

Started by Elizabeth Swider in AD and the Other Dementias: Differences and Challenges. Last reply by Elizabeth Swider Nov 13.

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Jason Young

Aphasia: Facts & Tips For Better Communication

Most people have not heard about aphasia, nor do they know the term until someone in their family or a friend acquires aphasia. Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write. Effective communication is crucial to comprehensive assessment of mental problems occurring in seniors. Learning more about aphasia can be an excellent way to improve ones skills in providing care.

Aphasia is always due to injury to the brain. It… Continue

Posted by Jason Young on May 27, 2009 at 2:39am

Nico Stanculescu

Attention Alzheimer's Patients and Caregivers!



Be a part of an important VCU study conducted to determine if medications for common conditions have an effect on memory, cognition and behavior when they are taken together with Alzheimer’s disease medications.

For more information, please contact:

Patricia Slattum, PharmD, PhD
Sch… Continue

Posted by Nico Stanculescu on November 26, 2008 at 12:34pm

Nico Stanculescu

Alzheimer’s Family Caregivers: Psychological Experience and Support Needs Survey


The following describes a research study conducted by Dr. Kirk Warren Brown, Principal Investigator, in the Department of Psychology, and Dr. Connie Coogle, Co-Principal Investigator, in the Virginia Center on Aging, both of Virginia Commonwealth University.
The study is a… Continue

Posted by Nico Stanculescu on November 25, 2008 at 8:00pm

 
 

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