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New FDA-Approved Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease - What Mayo Clinic Experts Say Jul 6, 2021 | By Dr. Anne Shandera-Ochsner, HABIT Midwest Director (@dranneshanderaochsner)
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@colleenyoung

Lizzie!! Way to go. I think discovering your own method also means that it will work well for you. It’s custom made. I appreciate your sharing your approach.

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jal333 | @jal333 | Jul 6, 2021

Having a communication/planning/calendar system of any type will help you as a caregiver. You and your partner are traveling the MCI journey and talking/communicating daily helps lower the temperature on the stress, even though your partner may not remember they were stressed! IMO, the HABIT program offered to me and my partner much more than the calendar program. You learn in the two week program how to manage and continously assess your life as a caregiver as well as how to help your partner. HABIT makes you think about today, and help you live a full life, one day at a time. Meeting people who are sharing the MCI, dementia, ALZ, LBD journey with you is a comfort! I

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