tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306618608875063912024-03-17T13:54:54.176-07:00Alzheimer's Disease in IndiaThis blog is made to share news on Alzheimer’s Disease in India. To raise awareness among the population in and from India, inform people of the resources they may have in their country and about actions taken by organizations. Also, it aims to support families and caregivers there to cope with this disease; help researchers worldwide and advocates in collecting datas and infos, develop views on the local Public Health Policy toward the affected elderly population in India.Ms Hendi Lingiah, clinical psychologist, Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543358385698811464noreply@blogger.comBlogger659125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530661860887506391.post-3142211070315009142018-04-16T11:02:00.002-07:002018-04-16T11:02:59.441-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ms Hendi Lingiah, clinical psychologist, Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543358385698811464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530661860887506391.post-75567635076360450092014-11-15T08:52:00.000-08:002014-11-15T08:52:10.289-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ms Hendi Lingiah, clinical psychologist, Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543358385698811464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530661860887506391.post-29225589028525847252014-09-16T12:51:00.001-07:002014-09-16T12:51:20.836-07:00"Helping professionals appreciate the realities of dementia home care" by Swapna Kishore, India.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"I began putting together a note on the context of dementia home care in India. It took some pruning and prioritizing to and redrafting to create a short, compact version. I uploaded this note on slideshare.net at <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/swapnakishore/dementia-home-care-context-and-challenges-in-india" style="color: #008dcf; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Dementia Home Care: Context and Challenges in India</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>Initially I saw the note as something that volunteers and professionals may find useful to help home caregivers through relevant and practical advice. But later I realized that the note can also help caregivers. It could be used to get an idea of their role and how tough it may be</b></span><span style="color: #555555;">. It could also help them understand what advisers may be assuming and know what they need to clarify/ explain in order to get pertinent advice."...</span></span></div>
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<strong> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/swapnakishore/dementia-home-care-context-and-challenges-in-india" target="_blank" title="Dementia Home Care: Context and Challenges in India">Dementia Home Care: Context and Challenges in India</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/swapnakishore" target="_blank">Swapna Kishore</a></strong> </div>
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Ms Hendi Lingiah, clinical psychologist, Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543358385698811464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530661860887506391.post-45092344788864923672014-09-16T12:17:00.001-07:002014-09-16T12:17:16.114-07:00Video : Dementia in 101 Seconds (english version)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_KlRpFu1Ub8" width="480"></iframe>Ms Hendi Lingiah, clinical psychologist, Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543358385698811464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530661860887506391.post-74223241218905331442014-09-16T12:15:00.003-07:002014-09-16T12:15:52.323-07:00The World Alzheimer Report 2014 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ms Hendi Lingiah, clinical psychologist, Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543358385698811464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530661860887506391.post-37506603545113773302014-09-16T12:13:00.000-07:002014-09-16T12:13:05.454-07:00Infographic: "Living with the repetitive symptoms of dementia"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ms Hendi Lingiah, clinical psychologist, Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543358385698811464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530661860887506391.post-40906503453588412622014-09-16T11:59:00.001-07:002014-09-16T11:59:30.905-07:00Master Class 1: I've Just Been Diagnosed with Dementia. What's Next?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ljPOmrpMFBA" width="480"></iframe>Ms Hendi Lingiah, clinical psychologist, Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543358385698811464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530661860887506391.post-79405918344576784492014-09-16T11:55:00.001-07:002014-09-16T12:55:57.482-07:00 'A caregiver perspective on issues and challenges' by Swapna Kishore, India.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Presentation by </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=751668588&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A195661533813916%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/swapna.kishore" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-decoration: none;">Swapna Kishore</a> of Dementia Care Note : <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> 'A caregiver perspective on issues and challenges', September 6th at GERON 2014 (10th Annual National Conference of the Indian Association for Geriatric Mental Health), Kolkata :</span></span><br />
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Ms Hendi Lingiah, clinical psychologist, Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543358385698811464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530661860887506391.post-8425087009627879632014-08-17T02:56:00.001-07:002014-08-17T02:57:13.031-07:00Indian Association of Palliative Care : Consensus Position Statement<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #141823;">Therefore </span><span style="color: purple;"><b>everyone with a life limiting illness has a right to a life free from pain, symptoms and distress; psychosocial and </b><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><b>spiritual, and has the right to a dignified life that includes the process of death.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #141823;">"One out of every three elderly persons in the state face mistreatment from their family members. A </span><span style="color: purple;"><b>study conducted by the Agewell foundation, respondents asserted that due to housing and property issues at old age time, they face harassment from the their children</b></span><span style="color: #141823;">." ...</span></span></div>
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Ms Hendi Lingiah, clinical psychologist, Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543358385698811464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530661860887506391.post-41584018790920507822014-06-16T05:36:00.001-07:002014-06-16T05:37:49.632-07:00"The pleasures, and pinpricks, of life in a home for seniors" INDIA - The Hindu<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ms Hendi Lingiah, clinical psychologist, Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543358385698811464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530661860887506391.post-79972822931261509242014-05-07T04:07:00.000-07:002014-05-07T04:08:25.138-07:00Dementia and caregiving in India : A national priority ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #141823;">From Swapna Writes Blog: ... " </span><b><span style="color: purple;">In a country like India</span></b><span style="color: #141823;">, struggling with multiple basic problems in areas like health, education, law and order, infrastructure, etcetera, </span><b><span style="color: purple;">I have no basis to expect that dementia will be made a “national priority”.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #141823;">Surely child mortality, primary health care, basic sanitation, farmer support, poverty eradication, reducing school drop outs, and many, many basic causes are already contending for, and deserve more national attention, funds, and pri</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #141823; display: inline;">ority." [ ...]</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823;">"We forget how much </span><b><span style="color: purple;">foundational work needs to be done</span></b><b><span style="color: purple;"> in India before we can afford lofty dreams</span></b><span style="color: #141823;">. We forget that, in India, we have yet to establish a foundational understanding of dementia, and our overall quality of life and social support and welfare schemes is not good. </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">How can we justify aiming for a quality of life of dementia-affected families that is grander than what is normally found around us?</span></b><span style="color: #141823;">" [...]</span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823;">"</span><b><span style="color: purple;">Awareness is so poor</span></b><span style="color: #141823;"> that there is no way to tap the bulk of actual, hands-on caregivers. Besides, caregivers come in various stripes; the ones who most need help are not visible, not tapped, not participating in most dialogues. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple;">Patients who need the most help are the ones locked up in houses because of social stigma, or who remain undiagnosed or are labelled as crazy and shunned.</span></b><span style="color: #141823;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823;">So where are their voices, their concerns, their perspectives on what they need most and fastest? </span><b><span style="color: purple;">Where can we find persons diagnosed early enough to have insight into their dementia who may share their realities so that we can know what “friendliness” means to someone who actually has dementia?</span></b><span style="color: #141823;"> </span><br />
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Ms Hendi Lingiah, clinical psychologist, Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543358385698811464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530661860887506391.post-181056371122771302014-04-24T16:13:00.001-07:002014-04-24T16:15:22.365-07:00Video: Starting a Geriatric Care Management Business 1, by Cathy Cress.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ms Hendi Lingiah, clinical psychologist, Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543358385698811464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530661860887506391.post-50161567872150601742014-04-24T15:55:00.000-07:002014-04-24T15:56:36.655-07:00"Should residents at care homes help with chores?"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ms Hendi Lingiah, clinical psychologist, Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543358385698811464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-530661860887506391.post-65177077541928469452014-04-24T15:46:00.000-07:002014-04-24T15:46:22.235-07:00"How to get an Alzheimer's Patient to Shower".<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">..."I noticed that when my mother took her cloths off she would say every single time - I'm cold, I'm freezing. Now I wasn't cold, I was hot. We had to keep our home at 78 degrees or Dotty would say, I'm freezing. I adjusted to that problem.</span></div>
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Close the bathroom door so the room warms up. You know that nice feeling you get when it is nice and toasty in the bathroom. Make sure you close the door in the bathroom, and then go back to step one."...</div>
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