Help for Caregivers for People with Dementia
Alzheimer’s Disease International releases a report to help “care partners of people with dementia.” The 40-page report includes the following topics: Living with and caring for a person with dementia; Practical tips; Stress in caregiving; Self-care; and Options to get help. The link will open a PDF document.
To Overcome Adversaries, Practice “The Ben Franklin Effect”
Ask for a targeted favor. For example, Franklin wanted “to befriend or at least neutralize his adversary.” He asked him for a small favor based on what was important to his adversary. Franklin’s Old Maxim is, “He [who] has once done you a Kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.” Do your homework first before asking for a favor. If you don’t, you may experience an unintended consequence.
Cancer Isn’t the Only Thing Killing Americans
An opinion piece about how Alzheimer’s disease will become a more prominent cause of death and financial burden as the population ages. Yet there has been minimal progress toward a treatment.
