Rick Phelps with Another Powerful Message on Alzheimer’s

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Dementia & Adult Day Services – How They Do They Help?

Dementia & Adult Day Services –

How They Do They Help?

         We will be talking with Lynn Buckley of Certified in Gerontology & Dementia   Care Caring Connection Adult Day Health Coordinator Redwood Area Hospital:

• Overview of adult day services
• Eligibility
• Payment options
• Benefits for caregivers
• What to do if care recipient refuses to attend
• What to ask/look for when selecting an adult day program
  

Contact information for:

Minnesota Adult Day Services Association 

763.464.2698

info@madsa.org 

www.madsa.org

Here is a link to the questionnaire/caregiver resources

http://www.madsa.org/resources-selecting_provider.php

Contact information for:

National Adult Day Services Association 

http://www.nadsa.org/

NADSAnews@gmail.com
Phone: 1-877-745-1440
Fax: 919-825-3945

Site Visit Checklist

http://www.nadsa.org/?page_id=86

Study on Pricing throughout the nation

http://www.nadsa.org/?p=1491

Survey For Product Development For Alzheimer’s and Dementia

Your Assistance is needed-

Survey For Product Development For

Alzheimer’s and Dementia

This is a comment I received from one of our followers.  Can you help?

Hi, I found your web site after watching a YouTube video of you and your mother. My team is working on a product idea for a Technology Entrepreneurship class sponsored by Stanford University. We are currently investigating technologies to help Alzheimer’s patients, their family and friends, and other caregivers. If you have 2-3 minutes, please help us out by filling out a quick survey on your experience with your mother and possibly other Alzheimer’s patients.

Thank you in advance for your help with this. And if you have any friends/colleagues involved with Alzheimer’s patients, we’d love to hear from them as well. There are two surveys. One for people who work with patients as part of their jobs. The second is for family and friends of Alzheimer’s patients.

Industry Professional Survey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VBFYMD2

Family and Caregiver Survey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VBGHVPM

A Quiet Mother’s Day with Alzheimer’s

All though our time was quiet, it was very nice.

We are in a stage where words don’t matter much… just being together is enough.

These are some photos of my daughter with her grandma… Precious

Tyler Jury with Bike4Alz.Org on Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio

Tyler Jury with Bike4Alz.Org

on Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio

Tyler Jury is one of many family member touched by Alzheimer’s disease, but this young man is making a difference!

Join us in a fascinating discussion.

Tyler Jury, a senior at Western Kentucky University, is a native of Elizabethtown, KY.  He is a soon-to-be graduate of WKU with a double major in Chemistry and Biology. Tyler’s passion for Alzheimer’s comes from his experience with his grandfather’s diagnosis in 2005 and eventual death in 2009. Tyler founded Fijis Across America- A Cross Country Bike Ride to Raise Money and Awareness for Alzheimer’s Research- in 2009 to honor and commemorate his grandfather’s life as well as to raise awareness about this horrific disease. Six riders, led by Jury, rode over 3,200 miles on their bicycles through nine states during the summer of 2010 and through their efforts were able to raise over $56,000 towards the cause. This year, a group of men in Tyler’s fraternity at WKU have decided to take up the ride again to continue the fight against Alzheimer’s. Their group is known as Bike4Alz, and can be found on Facebook and Twitter under “Bike4Alz”, or online at www.bike4alz.org

Rick Phelps Founder of Memory People and the newly released CD and BOOK entitled “While I Still Can”  also joined us.  “While I Still Can…” is now available through our www.whileistillcan.net website. You can pay through the paypal account we have set up there.
The Soft Cover and Hard Cover is available for pre-order. There is an eBook addition that can be purchased, just follow the link to xlibris website. The eBook addition is available for instant download.  The audio version is not yet available. It will be coming soon. You will be able to download it or it will be available on CD.  All proceeds go for Awareness.

Last I want to give Kudos to Lynda Everman for sending us this information too!

In less than a week, the Obama administration will finalize the National Alzheimer’s Plan. This is our chance to set the nation on a path to stopping Alzheimer’s & ending the heartache of this cruel disease.

Can you be the next person to make a quick, but critical phone call to support a bold National Alzheimer’s Plan? We need to recruit more cosponsors to influence HHS and provide the support necessary to move it through Congress.

Making your call is easy and only takes a few minutes. Just follow these simple steps to call your Representative and your Senators:

1) Call the Congressional switchboard at 1-202-224-3121.

2) Ask the operator to connect you with your Representative or one of your Senators and you’ll be connected to one of your elected officials’ offices. Check here if you are unsure who they are: http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

3) When a staff person answers, ask to speak to the health legislative assistant. Tell them you are a constituent, briefly explain how Alzheimer’s has impacted your life, and ask your Representative/Senator to cosponsor the bipartisan resolution in favor of a strong National Alzheimer’s Plan (Senate Resolution 434 / House Concurring Resolution 120).

Thank you! Together, we CAN make a difference!

You can listen to the interview below.

Dr Phil & Mother Teresa On Professional Ethics In Caring Roles

Come join the fun at The Wellstead of Rogers & Diamondcrest Senior Living

for an interactive presentation on professional ethics. 

May 24th, 2012

Lori La Bey Founder and CEO of Alzheimer’s Speaks will be presenting.  Check out the flier below for more detail or if you would like Lori to come to your town please contact her via the blog or her website.

Song “Still A Child” Tells Struggles Of Placing A Parent In Care

Song “Still A Child” Shows

Struggles Of Placing A Parent In Care

Listen to the radio interview on Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio with Bakhus Saba and John and Michele Law songwriters and musicians.

Bakhus Saba, son and songwriter

John and Michele Law, Songwriters & Musicians

Contact Information:

View the music video on Youtube: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuY2_8DWqtA

To purchase the song click on the link below:

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/johnlaw2

You can reach John and Michele Law and Bakhus Saba

through The Laws Website:

http://www.thelaws.ca