Coping With an Alzheimer ’s Diagnosis

You’re 76 and are having memory problems beyond the occasional slip. Last month, you drove in circles for an hour because you forgot how to get home from the same grocery store where you’ve shopped for three decades...You’re 57 and still rising in your career. At least you were rising up until the last six months when you were told that you are upsetting clients because you’ve become short tempered. Read full article on Kindly Care about coping with an Alzheimer's diagnosis:  Purchase Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories – paperback or ebook “I hold onto your book as a life preserver and am reading it slowly on purpose...I don't want it to end.”  Craig William Dayton, Film Composer Related articles Is it Alzheimer's, a Different Type of Dementia or Something Else Entirely? Shadowing in Alzheimer's Sign of Fear, Anxiety People with Down Syndrome Heroes for Alzheimer's Research                Related StoriesDo You Need a Specialist for a Dementia Diagnosis?Ethnic Groups Vary in Susceptibility to Alzheimer's DiseaseShould You Use Pet Names for Elders? Let Them Decide 
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