What to expect when Mom has Alzheimer's

My Dad and I went through Mom’s Alzheimer’s as caregivers together. This course shares what life looked like on our care journey. For sure, your journey as a caregiver will be different from ours – it will be unique. Still, it may surprise you how much your journey and ours have in common.

I know how hard it was to support my Dad through his Alzheimer’s caregiving with little support for myself. This class is your opportunity to feel like you are walking this journey with a friend who has been there. A friend who understands that the caregiver needs as much care as the person experiencing Alzheimer’s.

WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN MOM HAS ALZHEIMER'S goes beyond the biology of Alzheimer’s disease. It provides you support as only someone who has “been there” can. Modules average 3 minutes or less – the perfect length to fit into your full life. Best of all, it shares our true stories and what we learned along the way.

Topics include:

· Early-stage Alzheimer’s

· Moderate stage Alzheimer’s

· Late-stage Alzheimer’s

· Mom’s changing abilities.

· Why a safe home matters.

· How Mom communicates through her behavior.

· Why you still need to visit Mom throughout her Alzheimer’s.

· Critical legal discussions: medical, financial, estate.

· How to arrange for caregiving breaks for Dad.

· Why and how to have family care meetings.

· Why you want to draw Mom’s Care Map.

· How to ask for help, and what makes people say ‘yes’.

· Why there’s a ripple effect from lifting the caregiver’s mood.

· Why it matters to support Mom’s creative self-expression.

· How to be Mom’s advocate.

· Creating care posters for Mom’s room. And more…

From your friend on the Alzheimer's journey - a daughter who's been there -

Barbara Ivey