A Cookbook for Caregivers from Occupational Therapist Melissa Bernstein
Mar 08, 2023 12:31 am
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We've been waiting for Melissa Bernstein's post to launch for months now and it's a good one! Melissa is an occupational therapist and offers you a cookbook to not only help you provide healthy meals made from wholesome ingredients, but to also enlist the help of your loved one in the kitchen if they are able. Planning, preparing, and making meals together is a great way to pass the time, include your loved one in decision making, and keep them engaged. I hope Melissa's book brings you not only good eating but joy. Don't forget to enter this week's Reader Raffle: Our question is about cooking. I'm sure we all have mixed feelings on that subject.
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Occupational therapist Melissa Bernstein, along with her husband, retired neurologist David Bernstein, has created a program for healthy living called "The Power of 5." To supplement the activities presented in the program and book by the same name, Melissa, a certified vegan chef, created "The Power of 5 Test Kitchen Cookbook: Caregiver Edition." Her methods make cooking a shared activity caregivers and their loved ones can enjoy together.
Melissa writes:
A cooking activity allows for time to reminisce about past meals or recipe preparation with other family members or from childhood. This time may facilitate questions and invoke conversation about special moments with family and friends, bringing memories back to life.
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Susan J. Farese, MSN, RN is the author of Poetic Expressions in Nursing: Sharing the Caring, poems written when she became a nurse poet in the 1990's. Heartbreaking memories of losing her grandmother, Ann, to early onset Alzheimer's when she was a young teen inspired her first poem, Ann's Zest Ends. In this episode, we discuss how witnessing her grandmother's decline as a child profoundly impacted her even 50 years later, why a chance scene in a movie inspired her to start writing poetry, and the value of poetry as expression for nurses and caregivers.
Please note: The podcast will be on hiatus after 3/15 until further notice.
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Live Discussion on Frontotemporal Dementia from Being Patient
On Friday, March 10th, 11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m. ET, Katie Brandt and Dr. Brad Dickerson of the Massachusetts General Hospital Frontotemporal Disorders Unit and Neuroimaging Lab will join Being Patient Live Talks to discuss frontotemporal dementia and what goes into diagnosis. With the news of Bruce Willis’s diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, many readers have questions about diagnosis and what to expect.
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Kensington Senior Living Events Spotlight Two of our Authors
We are proud to partner with Kensington Senior Living to present a free interactive writing workshop for caregivers with internationally acclaimed writing teacher and best-selling author Laura Davis on Saturday, March 18th from 9:30-11:30 am PDT via Zoom. A complimentary copy of Laura’s award-winning 2021 caregiving memoir The Burning Light of Two Stars: A Mother-Daughter Story will be included.
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Christy Byrne Yates, MS is included in this expert panel on "The Sandwich Generation:" people raising kids while caring for aging parents. This situation has its own set of challenges and concerns. Christy is the author of Building a Legacy of Love: Thriving in the Sandwich Generation.
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This Week's Reader Raffle Question
Here's your chance to tell us what you think, and what you want and need from us. Enter our monthly Reader Raffle by sending a comment on this email or answering this question: How do you manage cooking as a caregiver? Does your loved one assist? Or do you outsource meals? A combination of both, perhaps? Hit reply and give us your response. Two or three lines will do. At the end of the month, we’ll compile all the responses and randomly choose a winner who will receive one of the books featured that month. We look forward to hearing from you!
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