Dear AlzAuthor,
Please join us for the first in our new series, AlzAuthors Live!, virtual events featuring select guests on important topics. On February 9, from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. EST, we will present Love Stories: Keeping Romance Alive in Dementia Care. The program is free, on Zoom, and will be recorded for future viewing on YouTube.
About the Program
This program will focus on couples facing a dementia diagnosis and how their love sustains their relationship despite the condition. Potential areas of discussion include:
- Seeing your partner (and yourself) in a new light
- Maintaining spousal roles
- Continuing a partnership
- Maintaining equality
- Dealing with a forever altered romantic relationship
- Nurturing intimacy
- Handling loss
- Battling loneliness
- Dealing with behavior changes
- Managing guilt
- Coping with grief
- Moving to memory care
Meet our guest panelists
Left to right:
- Richard Creighton: Blogger at Living With Alzheimer's, and an AlzAuthors Associate, caring for his wife, Kate, at home with Alzheimer's
- Anthony Copeland-Parker: Author of Running All over the World, Our Race Against Early Onset Alzheimer’s, traveling the world and running marathons with his wife, Cat, after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's
- Gincy Heins: Author of Before the Diagnosis: Stories of Life and Love Before Dementia, co-author of 365 Caregiving Tips: Practical Tips from Everyday Caregivers, and an assistant manager at AlzAuthors, caring for her husband, Steve, at home with Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Sue Ryan: Author of Our Journey of Love, 5 Steps to Navigate Your Caregiving Journey, caring for her husband, Jack, in memory care
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Reserve your spot for this enlightening program here.
Please share this email across your author platform (website, blog, social media, etc.) and with other dementia groups you belong to - online or in person - so others may benefit from this program. Feel free to copy and paste the text, graphics, and links. Thank you.
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Ann Campanella, Susan Landies, and Gincy Heins
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