Get Answers To Questions About Alzheimer's and Other Dementias

BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Nov. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Caregivers and anyone with questions about Alzheimer's disease or other related dementias, can now get answers at AskClare.net. The new source provides a fast, easy way to get information and advice from the dementia care experts at Brookdale. 

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"There are many challenges that face caregivers for people living with Alzheimer's or a related dementia," explains Juliet Holt Klinger, vice president of dementia care at Brookdale.  "Often one of them is an overwhelming sense of not knowing what to do to meet their loved ones' needs.  No matter how 'small' the obstacle might seem, asking for suggestions for how to handle it can bring a solution that helps everyone involved." AskClare.net answers questions about dementia and offers helpful techniques for caregiving.

Visitors to AskClare.net will find a simple form where they can type in a question for Klinger and her team of dementia care experts to answer.  The name of the advice column, Ask Clare, was chosen because Clare Bridge is Brookdale's signature Alzheimer's and dementia care program, which has a person-centered care philosophy as its foundation.  The company's commitment to Alzheimer's and dementia care is underscored by the Clare Bridge promise that each resident will achieve "Daily Moments of Success^®."  Each Clare Bridge community provides a secure and safe environment, so the residents feel a sense of belonging and purpose.  Clare Bridge offers a daily gently structured program designed to maintain the resident's abilities and encourage the use of his or her remaining skills to create opportunities for Daily Moments of Success^®.   

Juliet Holt Klinger heads up Brookdale's dementia care solutions. She is a gerontologist specializing in person-centered programs for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. As a trainer and program designer for more than 25 years, she has developed and operated programs for national companies representing both skilled nursing and assisted living levels of dementia care. In her role at Brookdale, Juliet supervises the Divisional Memory Care Specialist team and oversees the programming and quality assurance in Brookdale's 266 dementia care locations, and the provision of dementia care consultation in all 650 Brookdale communities. Brookdale's dementia care solutions address the spectrum of needs in its newest early-stage dementia care communities to assisted living and skilled nursing levels of care.

For more information about Brookdale, visit www.brookdale.com

Contact: Julie Davis,  615.564.8225, [email protected]

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