Resources
Helpful Videos
Helpful Videos
If you’re dealing with a recent dementia diagnosis, or if you’ve recently started caring for a loved one, we’re here to help. Aside from care consulting, DLG offers a variety of resources to make life easier for both caregiver and elder alike. Check out the helpful links below, and if you’re looking for something that you don’t see here, you can always reach out to our care team.
Living in the Moment
Living in the Moment: A Guide to Overcoming Challenges and Finding Moments of Joy in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias is an invaluable, comprehensive guide that explains everything you and your family need to know about living well with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Filled with must-have information, practical advice, and unique and comforting insights, here is everything you need to know about caring for your loved one.
DLG Blog
Over decades of practice and thousands of patients, Dr Liz has a lot to talk about, and a lot of wit and wisdom to share. The DLG Blog is a melting pot of practical and contemporary topics. Check it out!
Dementia Medications
When it comes to dementia, mis-medication and over-medication can be big problems. The DLG team works to minimize medications, and we try to identify medications that may be causing problematic symptoms.
Helpful Videos
A big part of the DLG mission is to educate. Whether it’s talking about best practices, learning new approaches to challenging situations or simply spreading awareness of the challenges of eldercare, the Dr Liz and her team cover it all.
Helpful Links
It can sometimes take a village to care for an elder. Here are some various links that our families have found useful:
POLST
POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) is an approach to improving end-of-life care in the United States, encouraging doctors to speak with patients and create specific medical orders to be honored by health care workers during a medical crisis. POLST is not for everyone; only patients with serious illnesses or frailty should have a POLST form.
Elder Abuse: Physical, Financial & Emotional
- Elder Investment Fraud and Financial Exploitation (EIFFE) Prevention Program
- Elder Abuse Task Force – Santa Clara County, CA – Manual: “Elder Abuse—Guidelines for Professional Assessment and Reporting”
- Legal Assistance for Seniors, Elder Abuse Conference
- Money Woes Can Be Early Clue to Alzheimer’s
- The National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA)
- The National Center for the Victims of Crime
- The National Consumers League’s Fraud Center
- National Center of Elder Abuse (acl.gov)
- Administration on Community Living
- California Health Advocates/Senior Medicare Patrol
Delirium
- Delirium or Dementia – Do you know the difference?
- Alzheimer’s Association
- American Heart Association
- Center for Gerontology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- Foster City Village
- The Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program (HICAP)
- Sourcewise