Please Don't Say These 10 Things to Caregivers!

Please Don't Say These 10 Things to Caregivers! By Esther Heerema, MSW November is National Alzheimer's Awareness and Family Caregivers Month. With more than 5 millions Americans living with dementia, the numbers of those providing care are staggering. Learn how to support the caregivers around you by skipping these 10 phrases. Stats: The Numbers on Who Gets Alzheimer's Disease  Learn the facts about Alzheimer's disease, including how prevalent it is, how it affects women differently from men, how much Alzheimer's disease costs our country and how it affects caregivers. READ NOW How Do People with Dementia Describe the Stigma They Feel?  Stigma is often the result of ignorance, negative connotations and over-generalizations about something. Read how people living with Alzheimer's disease feel marginalized, stereotyped and written off by those around them.  READ NOW Please Don't Say These 10 Things to Caregivers!  We mean well. We really do. But sometimes, our efforts are a little off. Hear from caregivers on what statements we'd be best off NOT saying to them.   READ NOW 13 Practical Ways to Reduce the Stigma and Empower in Dementia  Concerned about stigma in dementia? Don't just stand (sit) there. Let's be part of the solution by choosing at least one of these simple ways to reduce the experience of stigma in dementia.  READ NOW 10 Things People with Dementia Wish You Knew About Them  If people with dementia shared their thoughts and feelings with us, these 10 things might be some of the many things they'd point out.   READ NOW 12 Fun Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp  Use that brain, and mix it up a little bit. Varying the type of "brain exercise" can keep things fun and potentially increase the benefits of mental exercise.  READ NOW Advertisement READ THESE NEXT Understanding Asthma Understanding Type 2 Diabetes Understanding Rheumatoid Arthritis Understanding Plaque Psoriasis Understanding Lung Cancer AN ABOUT.COM BRAND You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Alzheimer's & Dementia newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2016 Verywell.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.