Let's Cause Got It To The Parks In Addition To Brand A Existent Example For Alzheimer's
I cause got hence much on my remove heed correct now, I can't figure out what I desire to write virtually next. Here ya go.
By Bob DeMarco
Baca Juga
We demand a national day. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 solar daytime when nosotros curlicue out of our caves in addition to correct into the parks in addition to mutual areas of our cities in addition to allow everyone come across us.
This agency Alzheimer's caregivers, household unit of measurement members that care, people that attention virtually us, in addition to yes, most importantly, e'er someone living alongside dementia that tin flame walk, or last rolled up. We are the We.
No begging for money. No guilt trip. No fright tactic. No long winded speeches past times hence called "experts" making the large dough for beingness our hence called advocates.
Just us.
We tin flame agree hands in addition to sing. Maybe sing Kumbaya. Or, Mary Had a Little Lamb. I'll locomote on it.
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The Alzheimer's Foundation only issued a novel study -- No Time to Waste.
Here is the their description of the study -- "specific, hard-hitting recommendations on both attention in addition to cure to tackle Alzheimer's disease—and urged swift implementation of a national strategy on this growing populace wellness crisis that threatens an increasing number of American families, including aging infant boomers, in addition to the nation's budget".
The embrace page looks nice. Here instruct accept a look. Start reading, allow me know how far you lot get, how far you lot read earlier you lot quit. Come dorsum hither in addition to allow me know.
You know, when I was a kid, sometimes I would instruct to instruct to the candy store. I picked out 1 delicious slice of candy. If they would cause got allow me I would cause got picked out 42 delicious pieces of candy, in addition to and hence I would cause got eaten them all correct on the spot. Yes, I would cause got ended upwards alongside a tum ache.
What is my point? Most of these reports that come upwards out telling authorities what they demand to produce to struggle Alzheimer's are demanding all the candy inwards the candy store. It is non going to happen.
We demand to determine what delicious slice of candy nosotros desire correct now. One piece. Nobody is going to remove heed to a long winded pig.
You mightiness last thinking, alright BoZO, what is your keen idea.
Thanks for asking.
I desire $24 a solar daytime for every "qualified" Alzheimer's caregiver. Sounds nutty right?
Well Vermont is already paying out $45 a day. This role mightiness instruct your attention.
Vermont has reduced its Medicaid nursing domicile population past times virtually twenty percent. It genuinely saves Vermont Medicaid coin to locomote out on the sick at domicile in addition to pay the caregiver $45 a day.
You are in all probability thinking at that spot is no way those politico inwards Washington would e'er back upwards an persuasion equally radical equally mine or the programme beingness offered inwards Vermont.
"the federal authorities get-go inwards 2007, encouraged states to utilization less strict medical standards, in addition to brand Medicaid to a greater extent than widely available to those who could last cared for at home."
That is where the Vermont programme came from. I shout out back this is available inwards iv or v states now.
I am no Thomas Edison. We don't demand to invent. The programme has already been invented. Now all nosotros demand is implementation.
Here is the article I wrote virtually this inwards 2010, The Cost of the War on Alzheimer's Terrorism -- $24 a Day. Don't worry, the article is curt in addition to sweet. One slice of candy.
What produce you lot shout out back volition locomote inwards Washington, D.C. Going upwards at that spot in addition to saying, nosotros demand a billion dollars for this, ii billion dollars for this, twenty billion for this.
Or.
What nosotros genuinely demand to produce is enact a programme nationally, that is already working, in addition to volition relieve the states money.
Save money.
We cause got to start working on ideas for programs that tin flame solve problems in addition to relieve money.
Look at it this way. It is going to toll the authorities to a greater extent than than they cause got to give inwards the long run to solve the Alzheimer's tsunami.
So, what nosotros demand to produce is figure out how nosotros tin flame get married our ain difficult locomote in addition to conclusion alongside a programme that industrial plant in addition to brings tangible benefits to Alzheimer's caregivers, patients in addition to John Q Public.
More Insight in addition to Advice for Caregivers
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- What is Alzheimer's Disease?
- What is Dementia?
- What’s the Difference Between Alzheimer’s Disease in addition to Dementia
- Communicating inwards Alzheimer's World
- How the Loss of Memory Works inwards Alzheimer’s Disease, in addition to How Understanding This Could Help You
- Learning How to Communicate alongside Someone Suffering From Alzheimer's Disease
- Alzheimer's World -- Trying to Reconnect alongside Someone Suffering from Alzheimer's Disease
- Does the Combination of Aricept in addition to Namenda Help Slow the Rate of Decline inwards Alzheimer's Patients
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