Alzheimer’s Caregiving Webinar
Featuring Emmy-winning TV personality and Alzheimer’s advocate Leeza Gibbons and other Alzheimer’s disease experts, there will be a free webinar on Tuesday September 20, 2011.
Americans fear an Alzheimer’s diagnosis second only to cancer. Unfortunately, Alzheimer’s disease is on the rise—with a new case in America every 70 seconds—and more people are unexpectedly finding themselves in the life-changing role of caregiver.
Caregivers are often stressed and depressed, struggling with the demands of this difficult job. While many caregivers are eager for information to help better care for themselves and their loved ones, they often end up learning as they go, without a clear path forward.
WEBINAR DETAILS
To provide Alzheimer’s caregivers with answers to their most important caregiving questions, 
Leeza Gibbons has partnered with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation and a panel of experts to offer Conversations in Caregiving, a live webcast at 8 pm ET (5 pm PT) on September 20, 2011—the eve of Alzheimer’s Action Day:
During the free, 90-minute webcast, Leeza, as well as renowned Alzheimer’s expert Dr. James Galvin, an elder law attorney, and a social worker, will provide caregivers with tips and answer questions during a live Q&A session
Caregivers can log on to submit questions and view the live event at AlzheimersDisease.com
Key Figures
- Nearly 15 million family members and friends provided unpaid care for a person with Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia in 2010.
- Alzheimer’s caregivers are more likely than others to rate the emotional stress associated with caregiving as “high” (40% vs. 28%).
- In 2011, the first baby boomers turn 65—the age when the risk for Alzheimer’s increases; one in eight boomers will get Alzheimer’s disease after 65.
- Caregivers are more likely than non-caregivers to describe their health as “fair” or “poor” and are more apt to report that caregiving negatively affected their health.
Brenda Avadian, MA
Alzheimer’s / Dementia Caregiver, Expert Spokesperson, Coach, and Author
My mother has dementia.
Will she ever be her old self again and be able to work and hold down a family household too? Will she get any of her memory back?
She has short-term memory loss.
Will it get any better or worse…better for her and our family?
Zoe, thank you for writing…
It depends on the kind of dementia your mother has.
If it’s caused by medication or depression, she may be able to recover by getting her medication adjusted,
If it’s due to Alzheimer’s, Lewy body, or other causes of dementia, she may have moments of lucidity (awareness) as she continues her decline.
Has she received a complete evaluation by a geriatric assessment center?
Also, if you intended your questions to be answered during the Webinar with Leeza…You may submit questions and view the live event at AlzheimersDisease.com
Thank you Brenda for informing Alzheimer’s caregivers about the free resources available to them, including this upcoming webinar! Thank you also for answering caregivers’ questions in Ask & Answer on Caring.com: http://www.caring.com/experts/brenda-avadian Another source of online support is Steps & Stages, which has helped more than 120,000 Alzheimer’s caregivers to date: http://www.caring.com/steps-stages/alzheimers The online support groups that come with Steps & Stages have become particularly popular, with thousands participating each month in conversations covering the many challenges of Alzheimer’s caregiving. We’ll get the word out about Leeza’s webinar to these caregivers too.
Denise, how sweet of your to help get the message out and to share Caring.com’s helpful features for caregivers. Thanks again.