Family Memory Care
"Family Memory Care helped me manage my stress better and offered encouragement and support to my family and me."
"I am more aware of the changes and how to cope with them."
"This experience brought my family members closer together."
Caring for a spouse with Alzheimer’s disease can be challenging without support.
Research has found that the Family Memory Care program can reduce your stress and increase family support as you care for your spouse living with Alzheimer’s.
Family Memory Care is a program for caregivers living with a spouse with Alzheimer’s disease. To participate, you need to:
- Attend six sessions with a Family Memory Care Consultant over a four month period.
- Have a family member participate in four of the sessions with you.
- Considering attending a memory loss support group.
A Family Memory Care Consultant will:
- Assess your situation and discuss your concerns.
- Help you and your family understand Alzheimer’s disease and how the disease may progress over time.
- Work with you and your family on developing a plan that supports you.
- Discuss strategies for coping with personality and behavior changes.
- Assist you in obtaining resources and supportive services.
This program is free of change for a limited time.
We’re here to guide you. Alzheimer’s is a journey. Call a Family Memory Care Consultant today.
Learn
about Minnesota’s Family Memory Care Program Overview and Guide to Implementing the NYU Caregiver Intervention.
Learn about the NYU Spouse Caregiver Intervention
Can Counseling and Support Reduce Alzheimer’s Caregivers’ Burden and Depressive Symptoms during the Transition to Institutionalization? Results from the NYU Caregiver Intervention Study, 2008.
Family Caregiving for People with Alzheimer’s Disease: Results of the NYU Spouse Caregiver Intervention Study, Generations, 2002.
Improving Caregiver Well-being Delays Nursing
Home Placement of Patients with Alzheimer Disease, Neurology, 2006.
Preserving Health of Alzheimer’s
Caregivers: Impact of a Spouse Caregiver Intervention, American
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2007.
Sustained Benefit of Supportive Intervention for Depressive Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Caregivers, American Journal of Psychiatry, 2004.
Translating Psychosocial Research into Practice: Clinical Applications, Community Caregiving, 2003.