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  Listen to this Happy Healthy Caregiving podcast interview (" My Caregiving Mission "), given by Mark Wilson, while he was writing his recently released book,  Breakthrough Alzheimer's Care. Book Description Breakthrough Alzheimer's Care  offers a powerful and practical roadmap for family caregivers who want more than just survival-they want their loved ones to thrive. When leadership expert Mark left a 20-year corporate career to care for his mother with Alzheimer's, he approached caregiving with the same breakthrough mindset that had driven his professional success. The result was nothing short of extraordinary: his mother experienced more joy, better health, and greater longevity than anyone thought possible. Part memoir and part how-to guide, this compelling book blends personal reflection with research-based insights and practical tools that help families transform their Alzheimer's care experience. Readers will find detailed guidance on how to: Design a...

  It is very easy if you are taking care of your loved one with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia to fall into a depression. This depression can put a major risk to your health, and if you are depressed you will not be a good caregiver for your loved one either. Check Your Mood Elevator Before sharing what you can do to reenergize your positivity and power, an important capability is knowing when you need to be uplifted.    There is a simple tool that can help immensely with this; it is called the “Mood Elevator”.   The “Mood Elevator” was created by Larry Senn, a leading consultant, and author in the field of Leadership.   Larry Senn created the “Mood Elevator” to help leaders know when they have the needed positive energy or “mood” to be effective and when they don’t.    The higher buttons on the Mood Elevator are states that include “being grateful”, “insightful” “creative”, “resourceful”, and “hopeful”.   If you do a gut or feeling...

  Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are devastating conditions — not only for those diagnosed, but also for their loved ones. The diagnosis lands like a stone in the center of a family, and the ripples move outward for years. Everyone feels them. Everyone adjusts. Everyone grieves in their own way. We talk often about memory loss, cognitive decline, and medical treatments. We talk about research, prevention, and caregiving strategies. But we rarely talk about what happens inside the hearts of the people who stand beside someone living with dementia — the spouses, adult children, siblings, friends, and neighbors who witness the slow unspooling of a mind they once knew intimately. This is their story too. The First Signs: When Something Small Feels Suddenly Enormous For many families, the journey begins quietly. A forgotten appointment. A misplaced word. A familiar route that suddenly feels unfamiliar. At first, these moments are brushed aside — “just getting older,” “just tired,” “ju...