Families returning home to visit loved ones find them needing help. 10 tips. http://ping.fm/hiF0U

National Caregivers Month! Great 15 min webinar for family caregivers. SIX STAGES OF CAREGIVING. http://ping.fm/lEn1G

New service for the elderly coming in Sept. A Doctor who does home visits.
Check out their website at http://ping.fm/mIWMc

If you looking for a nursing home for a loved one, this is a great site to look at to compare homes. www.medicare.gov/NHcompare/

Book Review “A Caregiver’s Guide to Alzheimer’s Disease – 300 Tips for Making Life Easier”. I found this book to be a very easy read. Brief and to the point. Excellent content for caregivers. The tips are more practical than clinical.

As caregivers there comes a time when we need strength that is beyond our understanding. The link may provide you find that strength: http://ping.fm/P2lLu

November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month:
In August 1994 at age 83 Ronald Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. In November in a handwritten letter to nation he wrote, “I have recently been told that I am one of the millions of Americans who will be afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease... At the moment I feel just fine. I intend to live the remainder of the years God gives me on this earth doing the things I have always done... I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead. Thank you, my friends. May God always bless you”