Alzheimer's Association Offers Tele-Group for Caregivers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.Support Groups Can Delay the Need for Nursing Home Placement WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Support groups can impact the physical and mental wellbeing of caregivers, but some people simply cannot attend them. The Alzheimer's Association The Alzheimer's Association, incorportated on April 10, 1980 as the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc., is a non-profit American voluntary health organization which focuses on care, support and research for Alzheimer's disease. hopes to open the door to support by offering a new telephone-based group for caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. or a related dementia. "Research has made it clear that attending a support group benefits not only the caregiver care·giv·er n. 1. An individual, such as a physician, nurse, or social worker, who assists in the identification, prevention, or treatment of an illness or disability. 2. , but also the person they are caring for. Studies show support groups not only decrease stress and improve wellbeing on the part of the caregiver but also, through the disease education they provide, delay the need for nursing home placement for the patient," said Dr. Paul Raia, Vice President of Patient Services and Family Support, Alzheimer's Association, MA/NH Chapter. The Alzheimer's Association's goal is to insure that all caregivers have access to a group if they want to attend. Caregivers who are homebound home·bound adj. Restricted or confined to home, as of an invalid. either because they taking care of the person with the disease or they don't have transportation to get to a group can benefit from participating in a tele-group. The Alzheimer's Association also expects the group to be helpful in rural areas, where there may not be enough caregivers in a given geographic location to form a group. The group is slated to begin in February. It is free to join and there are no toll charges involved in the call. Prospective members are required to call one of the group facilitators prior to the meeting to receive information and instructions on how to access the teleconference line. In Massachusetts, call Ginny Ginny is most often used as a short form of the name Virginia, but often also refers to Ginevra, Geneva, Genevieve and other Juniper-related names. In addition, when a food or beverage has a juniper taste, it is said to be ginny (the word gin is derived from the Dutch word for Sinkoski at 413-787-1113; in New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , call Susan Antkowiak at 603-606-6590. The Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care, support and research. In Massachusetts, programs include a 24/7 Helpline helpline Noun a telephone line set aside for callers to contact an organization for help with a problem helpline n → teléfono de asistencia al público at 800-272-3900, support groups, education offerings for families and training for health care professionals. For more information, visit www.alz.org/MANH. |
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