Empowering Professionals in Aging
Empowering Professionals in Aging
Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges of an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Knowing the warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease is important for early detection and diagnosis. Family members often are the first to notice the signs, but they may struggle with how to approach their loved one about scheduling a doctor’s appointment. Once they do broach the subject, they may be met with resistance or denial. When receiving an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, the individual and their family may be at a loss for what to do next. As professionals, it is important to help older adults and their families to navigate this diagnosis and its aftermath by providing them with useful information and support. In this podcast, Lakelyn Hogan explores the challenges of an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, how to overcome them and offers helpful resources to share with those you serve.
Lakelyn Hogan, PhD, is a gerontologist and caregiver advocate at Home Instead. She educates professionals in aging, families and communities on the unique challenges that older adults face and the resources available to help them thrive. Hogan has worked in the private and public sectors of senior care services and has spoken at national and international conferences on caregiving and aging, plus serves as a resource to the media. She is a board member of the National Alliance for Caregiving, board chair for the Dreamweaver Foundation and vice chair of the Alzheimer’s Association’s Dementia Care Provider Roundtable.
Contact Lakelyn : lakelynhogan@homeinsteadinc.com
Resources:
- Download the slides from this web seminar
- On Aging 2021, the annual conference of the American Society on Aging
- Confidence to Care Book
A resource for family caregivers providing care at home to an individual living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias. - Free Alzheimer’s & Other Dementias Daily Companion app
To download, search “Alzheimer’s daily companion” in the app store or click here. - Helpforalzheimersfamilies.com
Free online family education modules, monthly “Live Chats” with guest experts, dementia respite care grant application - Facebook Community: Search: “Remember for Alzheimer's Families”
- Caregiverstress.com
General caregiving resources, Free professional CE webinars - In-Home Support: Home Instead
- Book: The Best Friends Approach by Virginia Bell and David Troxel
- Alzheimer's Association
24/7 Helpline: 1.800.272.3900 - UsAgainstAlzheimers.org
A-List: Patients and families transforming Alzheimer's research - Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration
- Lewy Body Dementia Association
- Dementia Alliance International