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Caregiving Strategies for Daily Life with a Person with Alzheimer’s or Dementia Susan Toth-Cohen, PhD, OTR/L Second Life: Zsuzsa Tomsen The Garden of Healthy Aging in Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fatimas%20Cherished/232/85/26 August 30, 2010
Aims ,[object Object],[object Object],Acknowledgements * now in its 4 th  edition **  some strategies discussed in this presentation were generated from REACH, funded by the National Institute on Aging, RO1-AG-10947, for which Dr. Laura Gitlin was principal investigator and Dr. Mary Corcoran was co-investigator. The opinions expressed in this presentation reflect those of the author. The author thanks the many caregivers who generously shared their insights and strategies, in an effort to help others. for more about the Philadelphia REACH intervention, go to:  http://www.jefferson.edu/carah/documents/Innovation%20in%20OT%20practice.ppt
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Helping the Person  Participate in Life ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
More Info and Resources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Second Life: Alzheimer care giver support group Meetings here in the Garden of Healthy Aging 1-2 times monthly Topic ideas? What would be helpful?

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Caregiving strategies for daily life sl preso_8-30-10

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