Caregiving

November is a time to publicly honor the millions of Americans who perform a very private and selfless act: caring for more than 6 million people in the U.S. living with Alzheimer’s disease.

For most people, the end of Daylight Savings Time on Sunday, Nov. 7, means an extra hour of sleep. But for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, it may accelerate the disorientation that comes with “sundowning” that can last through the winter months.

Join the Denver Public Library every Tuesday in November during National Family Caregivers Month

Tattered Cover presents a live stream event about "Caregiving In A New World" with Host, Bob Murphy, State Director at AARP-CO in conversation with Wendy Benson and Beth Myers, of 2x2 Health and co-authors of The Confident Patient on June 21 at 2:00 pm.

Contact: Jim Herlihy, Marketing & Communications Director (720) 699-9286 or jherlihy@alz.org

No matter where you are in the caregiver journey, these local agencies and organizations can help make the process easier

As if COVID-19 isn’t scary enough, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is telling us what many family caregivers for people living with Alzheimer’s disease already know: the social isolation that the coronavirus requires is having a detrimental impact on our loved ones living with dementia. It’s a statistic they call “deaths above average.”

Jim Herlihy, Senior Marketing & Communications Director

Jim Herlihy, Senior Marketing & Communications Director,

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