Caregiver support organizations partner to provide free online training for dementia family caregivers through July. Behavior tracking is a method that allows caregivers to identify and document ...

The Alzheimer’s Association Northern California and Northern Nevada Chapter is offering a Savvy Caregiver class starting Aug. 23 at the Carson City Senior Center. This six-week course is designed to ...

Virtual reality and mobile app-enabled caregiver screening were among the winners of the Caregiving for Dementia Innovation Challenge, a recently concluded contest run by AARP Services, Inc. (ASI) and ...

A new website aims to give more support to people caring for older adults who are living with dementia. The online resource, the DICE Approach, offers free training in a comprehensive approach to ...

A new mobile application in Singapore is taking an innovative approach to communications training for caregivers of people with dementia. The Institute of Mental Health (IMH), a tertiary psychiatric ...

Even with extensive caregiving experience, Patti LaFleur was unprepared for the crisis that hit in April 2021, when her mother, Linda LaTurner, fell out of a chair and broke her hip. LaTurner, 71, had ...

Improv and dementia may not seem like they go together, but there’s a growing body of research that shows how effective improv training is in helping caregivers better assist their patients. Caring ...

Based in the West Austin area, Memory Caregiver Academy of Austin has spent four years training local high school students how to care for people with dementia. With an average of 30 students a year, ...

“Overwhelming” is rarely an understatement, but for families caring for loved ones with dementia, that’s exactly what it feels like. And we need help. My husband, Mike, and I were just 29 years old ...