Meet Lori Aden, discover upcoming events, and more to help you promote your work

Jan 12, 2022 12:08 am

Dear AlzAuthor,

This week our featured author is Lori Aden, author of I Remember Me. Her memoir details the day-to-day experiences of her family's journey after her mother's Alzheimer's diagnosis. Filled with humor and raw emotions, Lori shares lessons learned and mistakes made while caring for her mother.

SPECIAL NOTE: Lori provides a personal view of her mother's disease progression, adding short video clips using QR code technology.

Introducing Lori Aden

Lori writes:

My mother got lost driving home from the nail salon back in 2014. At the time, she lived in California, and I lived in Texas. I knew she was having trouble with her memory because she constantly repeated herself during our phone calls each week. But when I learned she got lost while driving a route she had done for 14 years, I knew it was time to move her back home to Texas to live with us. At the time, I hadn’t quite mentally prepared myself that this was Alzheimer’s. I knew my grandmother had passed away from the disease along with two of my grandmother’s siblings. But I didn’t make the connection until she got lost.

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On The Podcast

The podcast resumes January 17th.

In the meantime, take a look at our Top Ten Episodes in 2021:

1. Bobbi Carducci Untangles The Inadequate vs. The Imperfect Caregiver

2. Donna Thomson and Zachary White Ph.D. Untangle The Unexpected Journey of Caring

3. Alex Winstanley Untangles Dementia Books for Children

4. Pam Ostrowski Untangles Common Myths About Dementia Care

5. HFC and AlzAuthors Present Daniel Potts, MD, FAAN and Ellen Potts, MBA

6. Susan Cushman Untangles a Mother and Daughter Facing Alzheimer's

7. Jennifer Fink Untangles Podcasts, an Essential Tool for Dementia Caregivers

8. James Russell Untangles Caring for a Daughter with Dementia

9. Edie Weinstein Untangles How Children’s Books Can Diminish Barriers Caused by Dementia

10. Joy Johnston Untangles Becoming the Reluctant Caregiver

You can find them all here. 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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Build Your Author Platform

Please join us for our next Writers Group Live! (formerly Meet Up) on Wednesday, January 26 at 7 pm EST via Zoom to learn how to build that all important author platform. We’ll discuss why and how to create a hub on the internet to promote your work, and how to use social media and other measures to drive people to your hub. RSVP here.

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Please join us for AlzAuthors Live!

Please join us for the first in our new series AlzAuthors Live!, virtual events featuring select guests on important topics. On February 9, from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. EST, we will present Love Stories: Keeping Romance Alive in Dementia Care. The program is free, on Zoom, and will be recorded for future viewing on YouTube. Find more details and reserve your spot here.

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Start Networking: Join our Author Directory

AlzAuthors was founded for three authors to cross promote their dementia books so readers could better find them. This blossomed over six years into a network of 300+ authors spreading information about Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness and our own stories, books, blogs and other resources. As a contributor to AlzAuthors, you have the ability to connect with these authors to help cross promote your own work. Our directory makes it easy to find promo partners to help with blogging opportunities, newsletter swapping, social media shares, special events, and more. Inclusion in the directory is voluntary. If you would like to be available to others looking for partners please upload your contact information and links to your platform to the spreadsheet found here. This is a collaborative effort. Please do not share this document with others outside our network.

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Get Listed in Our New Audiobook Directory

Is your book available on audio? If so, please add it to our Audiobook Directory. According to Statista, In 2020, audiobook sales revenue in the United States reached 1.3 billion U.S. dollars, continuing the upward trend which began in 2018. We will be doing special promos for audiobooks only in 2022, and want to be sure yours is included. Add your book to the directory here.

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Donate Your Book to Our New Traveling Library

We are excited to announce our newest Traveling Library is taking shape in Georgia thanks to Debra Tann, author of The Race of Dementia. If you would like to donate a copy of your book, please mail it to:

Debra Tann

5044 George Register Road

Valdosta, GA 31605

Our libraries visit Alzheimer's and dementia caregiving events, so that caregivers can see, feel, and touch the resources available at AlzAuthors. We now have Traveling Libraries in seven states, including North Carolina, Ohio, New York, Montana, Texas, California, and Georgia.

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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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