#caregivers — Public Fediverse posts

💜 This Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Awareness Month, I honor my grandmother, Doña Patria, and the millions of families affected by this disease.

➡️ Progress depends on research, prevention, early diagnosis, and the caregivers who hold everything together.

💜To every caregiver out there: you are seen, you are valued, and you are heroes.

#AlzheimersAwareness #BrainHealth #EndALZ #Caregivers #HealthEquity #Boston #Love #Dementia #Aging

♥️ There’s always that one caregiver who makes everything feel a little less scary.
A little more human. A little more okay.
This is how you recognize them →
⚕️🏥 https://shorturl.at/lVUtY
#Caregivers #HealthcareHeroes #AlaskaHeart #PatientExperience #NursingAssistantsDay #FrontlineCare #HealingHands

#SolarPunkSundayMusings...

So, in contemplating my own vision of a #SolarPunk community, there are some *jobs* that imho are crucial to running any type of close-knit community /society...

1. People trained in #FirstAid / #MedicalArts -- for both humans and non-humans
2. #Plumbers
3. #Carpenters
4. #Masons
5. #Blacksmiths / #Metalworkers
6. #Architects / #Planners
7. #Foresters / #Foragers
8. #Gardeners / #Farmers / #FoodProducers
9. #Menders / #Cobblers / #Clothiers / #Seamsters / #Tailors
10. #Chemists / #Alchemists
11. #Herbalists / #Compounders
12. #CitizenScientists / #Observers
13. #Potters / #Ceramics experts
14. #Computer / #Technology fixers (especially #electrical and #solar)
15. #Mothers / #Caregivers
16. #Teachers / #Librarians
17. #Cooks
18. #Cleaners
19. #Weavers / #Spinners / #FiberArtists

Other suggestions?

#SolarPunkSunday

The holiday season can be hard, esp. if you are someone w/#dementia and/or a #caregiver for someone w/#dementia. #HFC has many support groups for #caregivers, inc. "Keeping Each Other Company: Caregiving & #Grief." We meet 12.17 at 11 am PT.

Please consider filling out this google doc & joining one of these groups if you are feeling sad &/or lonely. Weirdly, sometimes talking w/people you don't know is easier than confiding in people you do.

https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/e/1FAIpQLSeU6Waw5K_qdJ2AvowQwjNUORcAus16weFE2AsLpxYtCvrR9w/viewform?pli=1&authuser=0

@caregivers
#EndAlz

December 17th at 11 am PT, I will be leading the last HFC support group -- "Keeping Each Other Company: Caregiving & Grief" -- of this year. The holidays can be especially hard for #caregivers & those they care for, so if you want/need a place to talk, listen, decompress, please consider joining one of the support groups offered by Seth & Lauren Miller Rogen's amazing foundation Hilarity for Charity. Here is a link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeU6Waw5K_qdJ2AvowQwjNUORcAus16weFE2AsLpxYtCvrR9w/viewform?pli=1

#EndAlz
#Grief
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Today is the last day of National Family #Caregivers Month. As @TonyStark likes to remind us -- and correctly -- Kamala had a plan to help caregivers keep their loved ones at home. But people rejected that in favor of the fascist sh#tshow we have now.

Anyway, here's to my mother who took care of my father for over 15 years -- some at home; some not. A photo, my favorite of the two of them, from the happiest of days.💜

@caregivers
#EndAlz

Digesting Food Studies (the CFS podcast)—Episode 104: Infant Food Security

Whether you #breastfeed, feed with #babyformula, or do both, securing sustenance for newborns can be fraught. #Infant and #caregiver #foodsecurity is a multi-layered, multi-experiential reality, in the past and present. What will its future hold?

https://rss.com/podcasts/digesting-food-studies/2173092/

This episode features Lesley Frank on the “first food systems” of infant feeding, Natalia Alaniz-Salinas responding to Lesley’s article, “Finding Formula” (Vol. 5 No. 1 of CFS), and Alexia Moyer on the history of milk, including its price, positioning, and propaganda. Drink up!

#DigestingFoodStudies
#Infancy
#Caregivers
#Parenting
#InfantFoodSecurity
#BabyFormula
#Breastfeeding
#Milk
#FindingFormula
#FirstFoodSystems
#FoodHistory
#FoodSecurity
#Advertising
#Propoganda
#FoodInsecurity
#Gender
#WomensWork
#FoodPodcast

photo: Erik De Leon; visual effects: Natalie Doonan

The holidays are coming. If you are a caregiver of someone w/#dementia, you might find comfort in being w/others in similar situations. Here's a link to the free #HFC online support groups for #caregivers. #HFC is the foundation created by Lauren Miller Rogen & Seth Rogen in honor of her mother, Adele, who died of early-onset #Alzheimer's. I lead, "Keeping Each Other Company: Caregiving & Grief," & would be honored to see you Wednesday 11 am (PT), 11.19.

https://wearehfc.org/support-groups/

#EndAlz
#Care

I wrote this for #caregivers w/my friend & healthcare expert, Ilyse Veron, a while back. One thing that strikes me as important but not always top of mind is that the person w/#dementia might be having an especially difficult day b/c they are in pain, physical pain. I think we are quick to attribute symptoms to neurological deficits when sometimes the problem is bodily. It can be hard to figure out but worth trying.

https://www.ncoa.org/article/8-tips-for-alzheimers-and-dementia-caregivers/

#endAlz
#Caregiving

What love looks like: "Bruce would want that for our daughters. You know, he would want them to be in a home that was more tailored to their needs, not his needs."

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/bruce-willis-wife-emma-heming-145927086.html

#Caregivers
#Frontotemporaldementia
#BruceWillis

#Cortez-Masto asked #CoryBooker re: these HHS cuts. Acc. to the #Alzheimer's Association, "Bipartisan Alzheimer’s programs like the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure are now at risk due to a reduction in staff & resources. BOLD strengthens Alzheimer’s public health efforts, such as increasing early detection & diagnosis, reducing risk & supporting #caregivers. Congress reauthorized BOLD last year w/unanimous support."

Defend BOLD here.

https://bit.ly/3QWdQ6D

#USPol

#Cortez-Masto asked #CoryBooker re: these HHS cuts. Acc. to the #Alzheimer's Association, "Bipartisan Alzheimer’s programs like the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure are now at risk due to a reduction in staff & resources. BOLD strengthens Alzheimer’s public health efforts, such as increasing early detection & diagnosis, reducing risk & supporting #caregivers. Congress reauthorized BOLD last year w/unanimous support."

Defend BOLD here.

https://bit.ly/3QWdQ6D

#USPol

@potus

#CareGivers are #EssentialWorkers & I beg you to consider how these & other #HealthCareWorkers #RetailWorkers need solidarity & #Unions

So many died unnecessarily during #TFG 🤡 #COVID non-response. I honor their memory as #COVIDMARTYRS

I pray for those our hunger for #profit (Mammon) has taught violence & hate but I pray MORE for those the hate & oppression fall on

#BIPOC #LGBTQIA #MedicalRacism #Indigenous #ndnmstdn

https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-gen-z-splurge-groceries-spending-inflation-gen-z-boomers-2024-4

Congratulations to #neurologist BruceMiller, recipient of the Susan Newhouse & Si Newhouse Award of Hope for a lifetime of #FTD (#frontotemporaldementia) research. His brilliance & empathy have touched so many, myself included. 1 of the most profound gifts he gave me was a #precision #diagnosis: #early-onset #Alzheimer's w/the #logopenic variant (word-finding). How I wish he'd been my father's #dr. during those dark years. His care for #families, #caregivers, & #people w/#dementia is unrivalled.

‘#ConcerningMyDaughter’ #Review: A Glowing Central Turn Illuminates a Tender Tale of #Maternal #Acceptance

Though #timid in its #LGBTQ #themes by #Western #standards, #LeeMirang's #beautifully performed #debut #feature is a #heartfelt #tribute to #caregivers, #lovers and #mothers.

#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SouthKorea #Entertainment #Movies #Representation #Culture

https://variety.com/2023/film/asia/concerning-my-daughter-review-a-tender-tale-of-maternal-acceptance-1235748447/