The Alzheimer Spouse Website Opens A Marketplace To Help Raise Awareness Of Alzheimer's Disease

PRLog (Press Release) - Nov 07, 2008 -
In honor of National Alzheimer's Awareness Month, The Alzheimer Spouse website -www.thealzheimerspouse.com, - the only website on the Internet that deals exclusively with the unique issues and challenges faced by spouses of Alzheimer's patients, has opened a marketplace of distinctive, personally designed key chains, mugs, t-shirts, canvas tote bags, calendars, and a large variety of other items with pictures, sayings, and logos that promote awareness of Alzheimer’s Disease.

You can choose from heartwarming, serious, or humorous designs created by Joan Gershman, founder of www.thealzheimerspouse.com, design your own, or ask her to personalize an item with one of your special pictures honoring a loved one with Alzheimer’s Disease. We also have items commemorating the Caregiver Stress Management Cruises (http://www.caregivercruises.com/ )  that help stressed out caregivers relax at sea.

Log onto www.thealzheimerspouse.com and click on Joan’s Marketplace to view all of the specially designed Alzheimer Awareness products. A portion of the proceeds from the Alzheimer Spouse stamp will be donated to the 2009 Alzheimer’s Memory Walk. Non Alzheimer’s related designs are also available upon request.

Log onto www.thealzheimerspouse.com and get acquainted with all of our Special Features:

NEW: JOAN’S MARKETPLACE – Help raise awareness of Alzheimer’s Disease with our personally designed key chains, mugs, t-shirts, canvas tote bags, calendars, and a large variety of other items with unique pictures, sayings, and logos. Non Alzheimer designs are available upon request.

DAILY BLOGS chronicling challenges and struggles of coping with caring for an AD spouse by Joan Gershman, an Alzheimer spouse herself, who started the website in July 07 to help herself and others deal with the emotional pain of losing a spouse, piece by piece, to Alzheimer's Disease.

MESSAGE BOARDS filled with spouses who understand each others emotions as no one else can, offering support and information to one another.

HONESTY AND OPENNESS in dealing with subjects unique to spouses in a respectful, dignified manner - sexuality and intimacy; meeting emotional needs; anger; resentment; guilt.

HELP FOR THE NEWLY DIAGNOSED –  Section full of advice and resources for those beginning the Alzheimer journey.

CAREGIVER CRUISES - Check out our section on the Caregiver Stress Management Cruises –www.caregivercruises.com/- join us on the next one that leaves on February 9, 2009 for the Western Caribbean. World renown speaker and author, Teena Cahill ( The Cahill Factor – Turning Adversity into Advantage), will be Keynote Speaker on the cruise, and will be interviewing caregivers from the ship for her Internet Radio Show, Nurturing the Nurturer.

NEWS ARTICLES AND VIDEOS - Daily updates on the latest articles and videos related to Alzheimer's Disease.

EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - Special section on this burgeoning epidemic among younger men and women.

PROJECT LIFESAVER- Read about the GPS system that helps track and find wandering Alzheimer patients.

THE ALZHEIMER STORE- Visit our Alzheimer Store for products to make caregiving easier.

RADIO INTERVIEWS by Joan discussing Alzheimer's Disease's impact on marriages.

MEMORY TECHNIQUES AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES

HELP IN FINDING A MEMORY DISORDERS CLINIC

HELP IN FINDING ALZHEIMER DRUG TRIALS

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

VISIT OUR AMAZON STORE - Order the best in Alzheimer books; bestsellers; and all Amazon products.

ADVOCACY INFORMATION- How you can get involved to advocate for the services you need - Read about Joan's trip to the Washington DC as a delegate to the Public Policy Forum on Alzheimer's Disease.

LOG ONTO WWW.THEALZHEIMERSPOUSE.COM AND JOIN OUR GROUP – SPOUSES WHO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER’S UNIQUE ISSUES. VISIT JOAN’S MARKETPLACE AND HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND ITS IMPACT ON FAMILIES.