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008 – Interview: Helping Families with Memory Loss: The Care to Plan Online Tool

by Leslie Kernisan, MD MPH 4 Comments

In This Episode:

Dr. K talks with Professor Joseph Gaugler, PhD, an expert in family caregiving and dementia, who is on the faculty of the University of Minnesota’s Center on Aging. They discuss:

  • Care to Plan, a new online tool developed by Dr. Gaugler and his colleagues, designed to help family caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias
  • How Care to Plan uses an easy online 20-question assessment to create a personalized plan of support for family caregivers
  • Why different families may need to prioritize different support strategies
  • Seven different types of support that are known to help family caregivers: Education, Problem Solving, Support Groups, Change Your Thinking, Brain Health, Take a Break, and High-Powered Combinations
  • The benefits of attending a local university-led conference about memory loss and dementia, such as the University of Minnesota’s Caring for a Person with Memory Loss Conference

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Filed Under: Better Health While Aging Podcast Tagged with: Alzheimer's, dementia, dementia caregiving, memory

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