"Don't focus on what you don't have, focus on what you do have." Powerful words from a woman who practices what she preaches.
Caregiving for both of your own parents with Alzheimer's Disease is no easy feat, fortunately Debbie had many tools to cope and stay strong. Watch to discover what they were.
What was on of the hardest decisions you had to make while care-giving for a loved one with Alzheimer's Disease? This was Debbie's hardest day...
"It was like lightning striking my house twice..." Is how Debbie recalled discovering that both her Mother and Father were diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
In this episode, Dr. Jessi Israel meets Debbie to talk about some of the common habits associated with early onset Alzehimer's Disease. Did you know that sometimes people mask their symptoms?
Meet Debbie - a stress management specialist, radio show host, author and former Alzheimer's Disease caregiver.
Even Sandra herself must admit that taking on the role of her beloved husband’s caretaker was the hardest job in the world. Her insight, wisdom, and perspective around Alzheimer’s disease, thus, prove unmatched.
The coping mechanisms Sandra adopted to maintain physically and mentally strong during Ralph’s illness proved to be invaluable resources.
Taking on the role as her husband’s full-time caretaker required more than just patience and compassion. Sandra had to restructure her daily life for the sake of safety and convenience in more ways than meet the eye.
Alzheimer’s disease didn’t take away from Ralph’s enjoyment of simple pleasures, so Sandra made sure that he could continue his favorite things in ways that were fitting.
There’s a lesson in her experience as a caretaker, Sandra explains, about asking for and holding onto the helping hands of those around you.
Sandra feels that making her voice heard on behalf of her husband Ralph was key in jumpstarting his treatment. Early diagnosis became especially meaningful in the couple’s Alzheimer’s journey.
It was more than her husband’s general forgetfulness that instigated Sandra to take Ralph to a specialist for testing.
For Dr. Jessica Israel, working with patients suffering from Alzheimer’s is incredibly special. It’s become her purpose; we all live healthier, happier lives when we have one. That personal necessity doesn’t go away with the onset of Alzheimer’s.
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