Alzheimers: Caring for the Caregivers
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There's a public health crisis on horizon that threatens to overwhelm California and the US. As baby boomers age, Alzheimer's disease will afflict 1 in 8 Californians, and it's beginning at ever-younger ages. The tragic effects take a toll not only on the patients, but on those who care for them. POC producer Sarah Spitz hosts.
Banner image: Elizabeth Spitz, host Sarah's mother, at home, age 90
Guests:
- Liz Schwarte: Senior Associate, Samuels & Associates
- Kathleen Kelly: Executive Director, Family Caregiver Alliance
- Amir Parsa: Alzheimers Project Manager, Meet Me at MOMA
Links:
- Jonathan Rauch on the decline of his father (The Atlantic)
- Alzheimer's Association on disease facts and figures in California
- Impact of 'informal caregiving' (LA County Department of Public Health)
- Family Caregiver Alliance
- Gilbert Foundation
- Creative Aging (cultural/arts programs to aid patients and caregivers)
- Helen Bader Foundation on programs to aid patients and caregivers
- Beautiful Minds (programs that support creativity and caregivers/patients)
- Time Slips (creative story telling program)
- Art programs in New York for patients and caregivers
- Kairos Dance (a dance program)
- Andrea Gillies' 'Keeper: Living with Nancy'
- California Partnership for Long-Term Care (CA Department of Social Services)
- Medi-Cal information on disibility benefits
- In-Home Supportive Services (CA Department of Social Services)
- Leeza's Place
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