Ross Colquhoun is this week's new AlzAuthor. There's a new podcast and info about programs for authors and caregivers

Jan 26, 2022 5:16 am

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Introducing

Ross has academic qualifications in psychology, neuroscience and health science. Even so, he is honest when he shares that he struggled right along with the rest of his family to understand and come to terms with what was happening to his mother and how best to move forward after her diagnosis of dementia.

Ross writes:

I wrote Dementia and You: Care, Prevention and Reducing Risk to ease the burden and with the hope that others will be spared some of the confusion associated with a dementia diagnosis. My book explains what dementia is and what people can do to manage and care for their loved ones. At the same time, it is designed to be easily read and understood.

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On The Podcast

The caregiver journey can either make us or break us. Sue Ryan experienced dementia for more than 30 years with several loved ones, including her father, and now her husband. These journeys have opened her heart and mind to greater possibilities, to understand herself better, and to create opportunities to share her hard-earned knowledge with other caregivers, who may be lost and unsure of their way. She is the author of the international best-selling book, Our Journey of Love: 5 Steps to Navigate Your Caregiving Journey, which offers readers lessons, tips, and tricks she learned from decades of caregiving. In this episode, we discuss dementia care during COVID, how to attain massive acceptance and radical presence for your caregiving journey, the Scarlett O’Hara approach to caregiving, and the value of V8 moments. Start listening!

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Each season our podcast brings you six of our authors sharing their dementia journeys. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform so you don’t miss a word. If our authors’ stories move you please leave a review. And don’t forget to share our podcast with family and friends in need of knowledge, comfort and support on their own dementia journeys.

Untangling Alzheimer's and Dementia is hosted by The Whole Care Network. Find resources and stories shared by caregivers for caregivers, podcasts, blogs, videos and more!

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Our Management Team is Growing

AlzAuthors welcomes Rosanne Corcoran to the team, who joins us as an Assistant Manager to help launch, grow, and foster our mission, including helping with our virtual caregiver events (4 this year!), finding conferences to spread the word about our resources, launching an online store for apparel and other swag, and more. We're thrilled to have her passion, spirit, and insights to extend our reach.

Rosanne knows the difficulties and loneliness that Alzheimer's caregivers experience: She cared for her own mother at home for six years. The lack of meaningful Alzheimer’s resources available to her on her journey motivated her to create, host, and produce Daughterhood The Podcast: For Caregivers, Rosanne is also a Circle Leader for the Daughterhood Circle for family caregivers in Pennsylvania, with virtual meetings twice a month. She joined AlzAuthors in 2020, and was featured on the blog in July, 2021 with her podcast and blog, Hey Roe, which addresses the personal side of caregiving and offers resources.

In addition, she is an actionist with Leeza’s Care Connection to assist in amplifying their message; moderator of a monthly global DAWN Method dementia support group for family caregivers trained in Judy Cornish’s DAWN Method, a person-centered care approach to dementia; and recipient of caregiving.com‘s 2021 Visionary Award. She's been featured and included in articles in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Barron’s, Next Avenue and others, discussing everything from caregiver burden to the portrayal of dementia in film. Next Avenue selected as Editor’s Choice her personal essay, Dear Dementia, as part of their Telling Our Stories series.

Rosanne is happy to speak to caregivers regarding their own journey. She offers support, validation and resources. Contact her at rosannecc@gmail.com, and follow her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Our Next AlzAuthors Live! Event: February 9th!

Let's not define romance as wine and roses or diamonds and dancing as the TV ads want us to believe. Let's define romance as that little spark between you and your loved one that makes you a couple. It can be found and thrive in the tiny habits and rituals enjoyed over a lifetime of togetherness: a quick cup of coffee savored each morning before the demands of the day, catching up over dinner, the glance across the room at a crowded event that means “I’m ok,” or “Can we go now?”, knowing they’d love that cute little thing you saw at the market and buying it, building a home, raising children, traveling, vacations, family troubles, and more. We may define romance in our own ways, but when the overwhelming changes that dementia brings to a relationship threaten to stifle the romantic spark, we can keep it lit, treasuring our special connectedness with our partner. Please join us for an AlzAuthorsLive! Event at 2 p.m. EST on Wednesday, February 9. Love Stories: Keeping Romance Alive in Dementia Care will introduce you to four couples facing a dementia diagnosis and how their love continues to sustain their relationship. Learn more here: https://alzauthors.com/2022/01/10/love-stories-keeping-romance-alive/

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HFC's CareCon Returns!

Join our friends at HFC on Friday, February 18th - National Caregivers Day - for their 2nd annual CareCon: a free, virtual event designed to educate, inspire, and empower Alzheimer's and dementia family caregivers with support, knowledge, and community. Register here.

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