Holiday Stress Reliever Tips for Alzheimer Caregivers

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The Holiday Season can be busy, chaotic, and stressful under normal circumstances, but caregivers of family members suffering from dementia are often overwhelmed with the burdens of caregiving AND trying to maintain holiday traditions.

Joan Gershman, the creator of the Alzheimer Spouse website, www.thealzheimerspouse.com, is presenting a special Holiday Caregiver Tip Series on surviving the holidays with an Alzheimer spouse or loved one.

Log onto www.thealzheimerspouse.com, and read the Holiday Caregiver Stress Reliever Series, where visitors will learn about:

Assessing a loved one’s level of functioning before making any plans

How to plan ahead to reduce stress for both caregiver and loved one

Alzheimer proofing the home

Appropriate gifts for a caregiver and loved one with Alzheimer’s Disease – skip the fruit cake- read about the practical “service” gifts that caregivers will rejoice in receiving.

Easing the emotional stress when a spouse or loved one is in a nursing home

Relieve stress by shopping online, where there is no need to find respite care, parking spaces, or fight the crowds– Shop the custom designed novelty items at JOAN’S MARKETPLACE – www.zazzle.com/joanspouse* - and aid Alzheimer’s Research at the same time. A portion of the proceeds of sales will be donated to the 2010 Alzheimer’s Memory Walk. ...http://www.webwire.com

Coffee, tea may slash diabetes risk

Drinking three to four coffee and tea may reduce the risk of developing diabetes by 25 per cent, says a new review and meta-analysis of the data to date. ...http://www.nutraingredients.com/

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