Coping with Alzheimer's: Strategies for Caregivers

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When you are the caregiver for a family member or loved one with Alzheimer's, everyone relies on you. It takes strategy to cope.

So, the Alzheimer's Association of Oklahoma offers these suggestions to manage the challenges and be an effective caregiver:

1. Manage your stress level.
2. Accept changes as they occur.
3. Make legal and financial plans.
4. Be sure to give yourself credit for all you do, not guilt.

"You cannot be ten people at once or do everything all of the time. It's important for us to acknowledge we are doing a good job, we are doing the best we can," said Ruth Kolb Drew, MS, LPC, Senior Director of Programs at the Alzheimer's Association of Oklahoma. "If we can acknowledge that, then we can get help for all of the things that we need help with."

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