Bert Brown’s experience as a physician and caregiver for mom with early onset Alzheimer’s.
Meet Geri
The Car
7 Measures of Your Daily Independence
Explore the Activities of Daily Living for Your Loved One How well do you perform these activities...
The Moves
The Home
How to See If Parents Need Help
Do you know the signs that your loved one may need help with daily tasks, mobility, or memory...
How to Test Your Instrumental Activities of Daily Living...
Health care professionals use The Lawton-Brody IADL Scale to test senior’s ability to independently...
How to Test Your Activities of Daily Living Independence
Health care professionals use the Katz ADL Index to test senior’s ability to independently do...
7 Measures of Your Daily Independence
Explore the Activities of Daily Living for Your Loved One How well do you perform these activities...
#1 ADL – Keeping Your Body Clean
How well do you keep up with personal hygiene? Areas to evaluate include: Taking a bath...
#2 ADL – Going to the Bathroom
How well do you use the toilet? Toileting and Continence Management measures your mental and...
#3 ADL – Getting Dressed for the Day or Night
How well do you put on and take off clothing and shoes? Determining if you can get ready for...
#4 ADL – Eating a Meal or Snack
How well do you get nutrition into your body? Things to consider about one’s ability to feed...
The Help
#5 ADL – Moving Around
How well do you make transfers from one place to another in your home and the community? To...
#6 ADL – Knowing, Understanding, and Doing
How well do you perceive, reason, remember, and judge what’s going on around you? Cognitive...
#7 ADL – Running Your Household
How well do you get instrumental activities of daily living done? Several factors may...
The Help
Break barriers to finding the help you need to live the way you want at the end of life.
The Talk
3 Things You Need to Talk About Death
Key topics to cover as you plan for death – medical preferences, estate plan, and insurance.
A Peaceful End of Life
Talk with health care providers to ensure you receive the greatest comfort available at end-of-life.
#6 ADL – Knowing, Understanding, and Doing
How well do you perceive, reason, remember, and judge what’s going on around you? Cognitive...
The Talk
Talk with your health professionals and loved ones; and then document your end-of-life wishes.
The Crisis
What to Do When A Health Emergency Strikes
Emergencies will happen. Arrive at the hospital with a well thought out plan and key information.
The Crisis
What to expect when you go to the emergency room and how to navigate your loved one home.
The End
3 Things You Need to Talk About Death
Key topics to cover as you plan for death – medical preferences, estate plan, and insurance.
A Peaceful End of Life
Talk with health care providers to ensure you receive the greatest comfort available at end-of-life.
The End
Let’s make the end of life as painless and comforting as possible. There are multiple resources...
The Death
3 Things You Need to Talk About Death
Key topics to cover as you plan for death – medical preferences, estate plan, and insurance.
The Death
Toolkits to help you plan the funeral – burial or cremation – and other events after death.
