Reducing Risk for Cognitive Decline in Your 20's, 30's and Beyond By James Campbell When we think about reducing the risk of disease, contradictions come to mind: the friend who ate right and exercised but had a heart attack at 50 vs. the relative who lived happily into his 90’s despite smoking and rarely walking more than a block. "Reducing Risk for Cognitive Decline in Your 20’s, 30’s and Beyond: What is or isn’t in our control?," CaringKind’s 28th Annual Meeting, brought together a panel of [...]

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Planning Today for Tomorrow When CaringKind expanded to the third floor in March 2013 to build our Program Center for Education, Training, and the Early Stage, we were able to do so because of the generosity of individuals who had planned ahead and left us in their estate plans. The bequests that we receive are from grateful clients who wish to give back in exchange for the support and help they received during the very difficult journey of caring for, or knowing, an individual with dementia. P [...]

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Palliative Care for People with Dementia Carol berne Senior Vice President of Development As you have read throughout this newsletter, we have launched! Our new public name, CaringKind, The Heart of Alzheimer’s Caregiving, reflects the important role that we play in the lives of caregivers and persons with dementia, coupled with the more than 30 years of expertise in the field of dementia care. How has the philanthropic community responded to our independence? I can say with great pride that [...]

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Palliative Care for People with Dementia Ann Wyatt Residential Care Policy and Strategy Consultant Since 2012, CaringKind has been working with three New York City nursing homes to implement a model of palliative care developed by the Beatitudes Campus in Phoenix, Arizona for people with dementia. Based on our continuing work with Beatitudes and three homes, Cobble Hill Health Center in Brooklyn, and Isabella Geriatric Center and The New Jewish Home in Manhattan, we have developed guidelines fo [...]

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Our New Director of Support Groups Abigail Nathanson Director of Support Groups I got to know the people and programs of CaringKind almost a decade ago, when, as a recent graduate of the NYU School of Social Work, I attended a conference here on best practices in dementia care. The wealth of knowledge and services available for caregivers and professionals amazed me, so I volunteered to be a support group leader. My group ran for two years during which I worked on the dementia unit of a nursin [...]

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