This dynamic video offers insight, hope, and understanding for anyone who cares for a loved one with Alzheimer's. This disease without cure currently afflicts more than 30 million people and there are no treatments to halt its progression, making caregiving both essential-and difficult.

Topics discussed include:
*Caring for one who doesn't remember your name
*Grieving the losses of their life, and yours
*When an unexpected side of your loved one comes out
*When it feels like your love no longer helps
*Struggling with denial
*Hungering for simple recognition
*Feelings of failure and guilt
*How to handle frustration and anger
*How to care for you-physically, emotionally, spiritually-while you care for someone else
*Feeling exhausted - and what to do, when that happens
*Finding support - on the Web, through the telephone, or in person
*Allowing someone else to care for your loved one
*Times when laughter, singing, and foolishness are entirely appropriate!
*When you worry about making other people comfortable
*Learning to accept the person that s/he is now - there is no going back
*The courage and sacrifice of an Alzheimer's caregiver

CARING FOR A LOVED ONE WITH ALZHEIMER’S is divided into 12 segments and features lengthy interviews with these experts:
Mary Ellen Geist, former CBS Radio anchor, author of Measure of the Heart: A Father's Alzheimer's, a Daughter's Return
Dr. Kenneth Doka, Senior Consultant, Hospice Foundation of America
Joanne Koenig Coste, family therapist, author of Learning to Speak Alzheimer's: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease
Plus, the insights of a real Alzheimer's Support Group.