Author and Editor
of
Alzheimer’s Anthology of Unconditional Love.
Linda is a longtime Alzheimer’s Association volunteer and advocate. She speaks from her personal experience as a primary caregiver for her husband who lived with early onset dementia for ten years. She will speak to your group or organization about Alzheimer’s or writing life stories. Choose from the following presentations, or request a different Alzheimer’s or writing topic:
Writing as Therapy: Rocks and Pebbles Where are your real life stories? Learn how to reconnect with the pebbles of your life and how writing these stories can be therapeutic. Discover slice-of-life moments that only you know. Suitable for senior adult writing groups, caregivers, and support groups.
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Alzheimer’s Creative Caregiving On October 28, 2009, Linda completed the Heart of America Train the Trainer Program and is developing a presentation based on the Missouri Alzheimer's Chapters' program Building Creative Dementia Caregivers. This program will be presented in multiple sessions and will be designed to meet dementia specific training requirements.
Quality Alzheimer's Care-Dementia Specific Training This program is designed for health care professionals providing care for persons with dementia. Linda draws on her Alzheimer's training through workshops, conferences, and advocacy to give an Alzheimer's overview. Her experience as a primary caregiver allows her to suggest creative communication and behavior solutions. The session wraps up with helping families cope when a loved one has dementia.
Alzheimer’s Voices of Experience Learn about Alzheimer’s from short excerpts of the heartfelt stories collected in Alzheimer’s Anthology of Unconditional Love. These true stories allow you to glimpse the lives of real people who have embarked upon an unwilling journey into the world of dementia. This presentation gives a face and voice to the statistics of a baffling disease. Suitable for nursing home staff, caregivers, Alzheimer’s staff and volunteers, civic organizations, and people who want to know more about dementia.
Alzheimer’s Can Happen at Any Age A Power Point Presentation that focuses on raising awareness that Alzheimer's is a neurological brain disease and not a normal part of aging. Suitable for nursing home staff, caregivers, Alzheimer’s staff and volunteers, civic organizations, and people who want to know more about dementia.
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Alzheimer’s Caregivers: Survive and Thrive A Workshop to develop caregiver coping skills. Linda speaks from her personal experience as a primary caregiver for her husband who lived with early onset dementia for ten years. Suitable for caregivers.
Alzheimer’s Caregiver Stress A PowerPoint presentation covering signs of stress and stress management techniques. Linda speaks from her personal experience as a primary caregiver for her husband who lived with early onset dementia for ten years. Suitable for caregivers and support groups.
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Alzheimer’s Communication: Hear their Voices A Presentation to develop communication skills. Linda draws on her experience as the primary caregiver for her husband and his difficulty communicating due to aphasia. Suitable for nursing home staff, caregivers,volunteers, and civic organizations.
How to Write Your Slice-of-Life Story Have you wanted to tell your story, but don't know how to begin? Linda gained invaluable experience in slice-of-life stories when she collected and edited the 37 true stories in Alzheimer's Anthology of Unconditional Love. You do not need to be a published author to write your own story--and no one can tell your story like you can! Learn what to include and what to exclude to tell your story in a compelling manner.
Last Modified: Saturday December 26, 2009 by H.D. Ream