I found this article to be an excellent one dealing with Alzheimer’s. It provides you with information on how to be a caregiver, how to prepare educationally for Alzheimer’s and caregiver programs. This article provides you with hospice programs to help lighten the load of a role as a caregiver.
If your loved one is at the later stages of Alzheimer’s, this article will not only define what hospice is, but also provides you with questions to ask a hospice provider such as Do you have staff trained specifically in Alzheimer’s”; How many years has your agency been in business?; Is your agency Medicare certified? Etc.
It also gives you examples as how to pay for hospice along with definitions of such payment types.
(2009, 29 October).Alzheimer’s Family Support and Education.Fisher’s center for Alheimer’s Research Foundation. Retrieved 10/29/09 from www.alzinfo.org
