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Aging Mind
- Silver Alert Programs
- Respite for Caregivers
- Activate Aging Minds
- AAADD: Know the Symptoms
- Older Brain, Wiser Brain
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Due to the hazards of aging Alzheimer’s patients wandering off and becoming disoriented, several states have enacted Silver Alert programs, similar to Amber Alerts for children.
The states are Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ohio, Texas and Virginia. Requirements vary slightly from state to state, but generally the person must be over 65, have a mental impairment, and their disappearance must represent a danger to their health and safety. [Read more →]
Mental Wellness
- Changing the Change Agent
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The following article was written for this site by Marilynne Ramsey, PhD LCSW, Indiana University South Bend. She states: “I thought that people dealing with alcohol would be glad to know that there is a kind of therapy that respects their ambivalence about treatment, and that it might assist people in getting help, not just therapists.” The article seems useful for both therapists and those seeking treatment.
Changing the Change Agent
My Sunday paper has a feature that reviews current self-help books briefly. The writer reads a self-help book, and then produces a list of the “Ten Things I Learned From…” which sum up the book’s main points. On a recent Sunday, a book on the topic of dealing with change was subjected to this treatment. The number one thing learned about change was “Don’t resist it!” Ha! What a joke! All “change agents” know that resistance to change is inherent in people. Change agents include doctors, therapists, counselors, life coaches, bosses and parents to name a few. Change recipients include patients, clients, subjects, employees or children. And the one thing change agents know for sure is that people resist change-or do they? [Read more →]
