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15 Dartmouth Road Suite 15
Bedford, Nova Scotia
B4A 3X6 902 - 835 - 2000
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Caregivers' Needs
Contact your local Alzheimer Society of Canada http://www.alzheimer.ca
It is very important for people in the community to be able to identify AD persons. Their name and address should be clearly marked on an identification bracelet, which they wear at all times.
Get all the help you can from family, neighbours, shopkeepers and hired helpers of every description.
Where "handicapped" stickers can be obtained for the caregiver, apply one to your car so that you can park closer to shops when out with your patient.
If you are a spouse-caregiver, go out with another couple so that someone of the same sex can take the AD person to the washroom.
Get a visiting nurse to give baths rather than risk a back injury.
Notify your neighbours and the police of your patient's conditions and ask them to alert you if the AD person is seen wandering.
Respite
Use a basement den, a locked extra bedroom, a study or an attic as a "hideaway" or "refuge" when the patient is asleep or under the supervision of a helper.
Keep the "adult" things in this refuge, such as television, radio, fine decorations and important correspondence.
Get away from home whenever possible.
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