http://www.blisstree.com/articles/scrapbooking-summer-memories-for-alzheimers-patients-117/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:19:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/scrapbooking-summer-memories-for-alzheimers-patients-117/comment-page-1/#comment-68733 Welcome to the July Edition of ‘All About Alzheimer’s’ Carnival. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:15:25 +0000 http://www.alzheimersnotes.com/scrapbooking-summer-memories-for-alzheimers-patients/#comment-68733 [...] Emma Allen from Alzheimer’s Notes focuses on Scrapbooking Summer Memories For Alzheimer’s Patients, saying, “Scrapboking summer memories can bring enjoyment to the Alzheimer’s patient [...] [...] Emma Allen from Alzheimer’s Notes focuses on Scrapbooking Summer Memories For Alzheimer’s Patients, saying, “Scrapboking summer memories can bring enjoyment to the Alzheimer’s patient [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/scrapbooking-summer-memories-for-alzheimers-patients-117/comment-page-1/#comment-68569 Joanna Campbell Slan Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:40:04 +0000 http://www.alzheimersnotes.com/scrapbooking-summer-memories-for-alzheimers-patients/#comment-68569 Let me suggest another idea, one that I included in the second book of my scrapbooking mystery series--if you have caregivers for your Alzheimer's patient, share photos of the patient's life with them. This is a visual reminder of the person the patient was in his/her youth. One woman whose mother is in a care facility reported that she hung a photo of her mother on the door of her mother's room. "My goal was to help them see the woman I grew up with, not the woman she'd become." Let me suggest another idea, one that I included in the second book of my scrapbooking mystery series–if you have caregivers for your Alzheimer’s patient, share photos of the patient’s life with them. This is a visual reminder of the person the patient was in his/her youth. One woman whose mother is in a care facility reported that she hung a photo of her mother on the door of her mother’s room. “My goal was to help them see the woman I grew up with, not the woman she’d become.”

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