Dear Caregivers:

I am supremely pleased to announce that our 5th Annual Golf Tournament has cleared over $8000!  Thanks to the incredible efforts of Debra Wilson and Mary Perque and their faithful hard working, dedicated volunteers, the tournament was a great success in every way.  We had plenty of food, drink, sunshine, music and laughter.  It was a day of great joy knowing this coming together was serving a greater good, that of keeping our Respite Program running for another year.  That’s what all the hard work is for, ensuring that we have the funds to continue helping families caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease for another year.  This money pays directly impacts and improves the quality of life of families in our community.  Families struggling to keep their loved ones safe, happy and at home.  It is thanks to the generosity of you our members and supporters that we consistently assist families in keeping their loved ones at home and maintain a semblance of their pre-Alzheimer lives.

With the summer and hurricane season upon us, I’m going to put in a plug for our list of Evacuation Tips that can be found in our Resource Room.   It’s never too soon to start thinking of how you can make travelling with someone with Alzheimer’s disease as pleasant and as stress free as possible.  We asked the directors of local adult day care centers what they tell their families to help you prepare for a storm.  These little tricks of the trade, so to speak, can be adapted to vacation travel as well to prevent undue agitation both for you and your loved ones.

I hope you have a wonderful summer and take time to enjoy some of life’s simpler pleasures.  There are parks to meander through and ice cream parlors to enjoy.  Sitting in a booth or on a stool, with an ice cream cone in hand, may provide the perfect setting for reminiscences still embedded in the minds of your loved one, as well as creating some new memories of your own.

Best,

Mary Anne Mushatt