Alzheimer's & dealing with feelings
Dealing with feelings can be difficult. These resources focus on ways to help family and friends cope
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Carers Online (UK)
Carers Online is a partnership website. It provides carers, those supporting them and others with national and local information.
Carers Online is a partnership website. It provides carers, those supporting them and others with national and local information.
Carer Stress
Caring for a person with Alzheimer's disease can be very stressful. This feature from the Alzheimer's Resource Room offers links and advice for the mental health issues that can accompany the carer.
Caring for a person with Alzheimer's disease can be very stressful. This feature from the Alzheimer's Resource Room offers links and advice for the mental health issues that can accompany the carer.
Coping with Alzheimer's Disease
Part of the 'caregivers ring', this site provides some personal journals relating a carers experiences of supporting her mother with Alzheimer's.
Part of the 'caregivers ring', this site provides some personal journals relating a carers experiences of supporting her mother with Alzheimer's.
Feelings of Guilt
When caring for a person with dementia you may feel guilty even when it seems that you are doing the best you can. Such feelings, which are very common among carers, may undermine your confidence and self-esteem and make it harder for you to cope. If you can understand more about why you are feeling guilty you may be able to find ways to handle the situation.
When caring for a person with dementia you may feel guilty even when it seems that you are doing the best you can. Such feelings, which are very common among carers, may undermine your confidence and self-esteem and make it harder for you to cope. If you can understand more about why you are feeling guilty you may be able to find ways to handle the situation.
Grief & Bereavement
If someone close to you develops dementia you are likely to experience feelings of grief and bereavement as the illness progresses, not just in the period after their death. It may help to know that such feelings are normal and that other people experience similar reactions.
If someone close to you develops dementia you are likely to experience feelings of grief and bereavement as the illness progresses, not just in the period after their death. It may help to know that such feelings are normal and that other people experience similar reactions.