Our Best Tips From Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer's and Dementia
World Alzheimer's Day 2018
Alzheimer’s is hard, but as we care for our loved ones, we gain experience that can help others. Read the best tips from Shibani Ganguly, Vimal Balachander and Carol Fernandes, caregivers of persons with dementia.
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Shibani Ganguly, 50, sole caregiver for her mother with Alzheimer's
Patience, time management, skill and personal health care are very essential for caregivers. One needs to develop all these to be a good and dependable caregiver.
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Vimal Balachander on caring for her mother-in-law during her steady decline with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Its sometimes easy to look upon suffering when one thinks it is a just effect of past misdeeds. One accepts the pain, and works to remain stable and calm through it. Belief in Karma gives great strength. I was able to cross all these shores because of my belief and finally when I waved her goodbye, I knew I had done my duties well, and that when I meet her again, I hope to meet her as a daughter not daughter-in-law and we can both strengthen each other through other journeys. Amma, my love.
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Carol D’Souza recounts her mother’s advancing dementia and how she and her family made peace with the agonizing decision to put her in a care home.
Each day after my evening swim (which I needed to cope with the stress) I would go with her for a walk, during which time she enjoyed the breeze and remained very quiet.
