Very good article that really shows the process a family can go though when they chose to bring in professional support, and the relief, support and peace of mind for all involved!  It doesn’t candy-coat the hard realities, it simply shows an option for how a family can chose to navigate the process.

http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/new-recruits-for-team-dad/#more-8199

Good representation of the work we ~ Senior Move Managers ~ love and enjoy.  I prefer to consider us “relief bringers” as we see people’s shoulders drop and they report sleeping better once they meet us.

Our good friend, Lynn Falwell, has this great quote: “What you really are is psychologists with boxes.” 

Listen to the interview here: Marketplace Money

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) extends its deepest condolences to the family and colleagues of Sargent Shriver, 95, a distinguished public servant who passed away on Tuesday. He had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2003.

Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Shriver was the first director of the Peace Corps, led President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty, and helped his wife, Eunice Kennedy, create the Special Olympics for mentally disabled children and adults.

In a statement, AFA’s president and CEO, Eric J. Hall, said, in part, “The public acknowledgement of his illness served and will continue to serve a significant purpose: shedding light on the disease and helping all of us advocate for more attention to be paid to its impact on American families and society.”

“We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the Shriver family and especially to Mr. Shriver’s daughter, journalist and former First Lady of California Maria Shriver, who has courageously brought her father’s story and the story of so many other Americans with Alzheimer’s disease to the public eye. Her passion for the cause will serve as an ongoing tribute to her father.”