Lila Mae - Profile of a Person with Alzheimer's

Healthcare Speaker, Elaine K. Sanchez, http://ElaineKSanchez.com, shares a story from "Dorothy's Journal", a book in progress. This story profiles Lila Mae, a resident in an Alzheimer's facility, and is an excerpt is from Elaine's "Creating a Caring Community" keynote and workshop presented at the Mississippi Alzheimer's State Conference, in August, 2011.

Elaine's "Creating a Caring Community" program, which is approved by the NAB for 3.75 CEU's for long-term care administrators and nurses in most states, helps bridge the gap between family and professional caregivers in order to provide the best possible care for the care receiver.

By discussing the caregiver anger, guilt, depression, and grief experienced by both professional and family caregivers, and stressing the importance of caring for the caregiver, Elaine helps people cope with the emotional stress of caring for those who can no longer care for themselves.




Her presentations are based on her unflinchingly honest and uproariously funny book, "Letters from Madelyn, Chronicles of a Caregiver" and "Dorothy's Journal", a book in progress.

In this excerpt she is profiling the behavior of Lila Mae and her daughter, Jackie. Lila Mae was one of the residents on the Alzheimer's ward in the nursing home where Dorothy Tucker worked as a nurse. In this particular story, Elaine sheds light on the behavior of a persons with Alzheimer's and other dementia-related diseases, and she also illustrates how important it is for family and professional caregivers to work together to provide the best possible care for the care receiver.

Elaine frequently delivers keynote speeches, workshops, and seminars for healthcare organizations and at family caregiver conferences and gerontology conferences.

Through telling similar real-life stories, Elaine sheds light on the behavior of persons with Alzheimer's and other dementia-related diseases, and she helps attendees understand how to separate a person's behavior from the disease.

Elaine frequently delivers keynote speeches, workshops, and seminars for healthcare organizations and at family caregiver conferences and gerontology conferences. Family and professional caregivers appreciate her honest and compassionate approach to dealing with caregiver anger, guilt, depression, and grief. Her caregiver keynote, entitled "Finding Hope and Humor in Caregiving" is great for after lunch, after dinner, or anytime the audience is in need of a good belly laugh and a big jolt of energy. People say she is a combination between Garrison Keillor and Irma Bombeck, but don't let the entertainment value of her presentation fool you - the message for caregivers is serious.

To book Elaine as a speaker for your event, contact Jo Cavender at Speakers on Healthcare: 503-345-9164, Jo@SpeakersonHealthcare.com. For free articles and caregiver resources, to rent or purchase Elaine's caregiver videos, visit her website at http://www.Elaine@EKSanchez.com

To book Elaine as a speaker for your event, contact Jo Cavender at Speakers on Healthcare: 503-345-9164, Jo@SpeakersonHealthcare.com. For free articles and caregiver resources, to rent or purchase Elaine's caregiver videos, visit her website at visit her website at http://EKSanchez.com

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