JOAN’S BLOG – MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014 – A NOMINATION FOR THE ALZHEIMER SPOUSE

Imagine my surprise when I opened my e-mail last week and read " The Alzheimer's Spouse had been nominated to the SeniorHomes.com Best Senior Living Awards 2014 in the Best Blogs by Individuals category. The Best Senior Living Awards 2014 highlights top resources, people, providers and organizations in a wide varity of caregiving and senior living categories. Your nominee page has been published at http://www.seniorhomes.com/d/alzheimers-spouse/2014-best-senior-living-awards/".” (Click link to vote for The Alzheimer Spouse)

Coincidentally, before I received the e-mail, I had been thinking about the far reaching effects my website has had on Alzheimer Spouses nationwide and even worldwide. My reason for starting this website and writing my blogs was to find other spouses who shared my feelings of despair at the destruction by Alzheimer’s Disease of our marriages and decades long love affairs.

Since the launch of the website in 2007, countless members from every corner of the globe have given advice, solace, support, information, and encouragement to one another. You have given me support during my darkest hours. Many of you have become friends by phone, e-mail, and in person. You have met and traveled with each other. I have had the privilege of meeting and traveling with many of you in person.  

Before at home caregiving completely consumed my time and energy, I attended conferences and brought back valuable information to share with you; I was a three time advocate to the Washington DC Alzheimer’s Forum, where we lobbied for awareness and funding for the disease. My story has been told on CNN, NBC, and AOL.

But more importantly, I am most pleased that my actions have spurred on so many of you to become writers, speakers, and advocates for Alzheimer’s awareness. At one of the lectures I attended, I met a remarkable woman, Teena Cahill, who is a caregiver, author, public speaker, and inspiration to all who meet her. To paraphrase her motto – “The wider our net, the higher we bounce.”  Through my work on this website, I have come to understand how accurate that statement. The more people we meet and influence, and are influenced by us, the better we all become. Look no further than what you have accomplished with your friendships, advocacy, article writing, public speaking, and warm hearted support by being a part of the Alzheimer Spouse Website, to realize the validity of her statement.

I thank each and every one of you for helping make this website a success, and ask that you click the link above to cast your vote for The Alzheimer Spouse.

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