Caring For The Caregivers: Remembering To Ask, ‘How Are You Doing?’
Although many people focus on how Alzheimer's patients are doing, advocates say it's important to check in on the caregivers as well.
The Los Angeles Times:
You're Taking Care Of Someone With Alzheimer's, But Who Is Taking Care Of You?
After Ronald Reagan became America's most recognizable Alzheimer's patient, well-meaning friends, relatives and even strangers would routinely stop his daughter, Patti Davis, to ask: "How is he doing?" Only occasionally would someone ask, "And how are you doing?" (Lynch, 4/15)
In other public health news from across the state —
The Ventura County Star:
Shifts Uncovered By Crisis Counselors Amid Bumpy Transition
A mobile crisis team that aids suicidal children has stopped answering calls on several overnight weekend shifts amid a bumpy changeover to Ventura County's behavioral health agency. (Wilson, 4/16)
The Ventura County Star:
Push For Living Wills Places Focus On End-Of-Life Desires
Edgardo Ramirez doesn't want his life prolonged by a machine. The Oxnard College computer science student lost two aunts to cancer over the past two years. A uncle died several years earlier after an accident involving a driver who was under the influence. (Kisken, 4/15)