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How we support Caregivers
Families come to caregiving out of an abundant love for those in their care. The symptoms of dementia can be confusing and over-whelming. At the Alzheimer’s Family Support Center, we believe that no family should have to navigate dementia-related illnesses alone.
Each stage of these long-term illnesses presents caregivers with a myriad of challenges that are difficult to navigate from stress and sleeplessness to increasing financial burdens. Unsupported caregivers routinely suffer from symptoms of depression and anxiety, along with chronic stress, and sometimes caregivers experience declining health as a outcome of caregiving.
Each stage of these long-term illnesses presents caregivers with a myriad of challenges that are difficult to navigate from stress and sleeplessness to increasing financial burdens. Unsupported caregivers routinely suffer from symptoms of depression and anxiety, along with chronic stress, and sometimes caregivers experience declining health as a outcome of caregiving.
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Research shows that those who connect to support services earlier in the disease progression, fare better over time. Families need pragmatic techniques, shared knowledge, and education from experienced professionals to guide them through the mysteries of these cognitive impairments.
Fourth graders join with Cape Cod seniors in a multi-generational chorus created by the Alzheimer's Family Support Center.
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Some 10,000 Cape Cod families, individuals, and caregivers are living with Alzheimer's and other Dementia-related illnesses. The Alzheimer’s Family Support Center of Cape Cod is here to help families and individuals live their fullest lives. Created by caregivers for caregivers, the Alzheimer’s Center provides an array of personalized services and pragmatic counseling to the 10,000 families, individuals, and caregivers on Cape Cod currently living with Alzheimer’s and other dementia-related illnesses.
Our goal is to help families navigate the complexities and challenges they face across the span of these diseases, while providing a research-based family and community-centered social model. What’s more, all our services are provided free of charge. |
