Alzheimers Dementia Wristband Hospital Project

Alzheimers Dementia Wristband Hospital Project Christopher MacLellan "The Bow Tie Guy" on the Whole Care Network 29:04

Join us on Tuesday August 27th at 1:00pm (est) for a conversation with Gary LeBlanc from Common Sense Caregiving, founder of the Alzheimers Dementia Wristband Hospital Project and Margaret Doerr, CEO of Nursing at Brooksville Regional Hospital in Brooksville, Florida.
After enduring 3 nightmares hospital stays with his dad who was diagnosed with Alzheimers, Gary recognized that there needed to be a better way for staff to recognize the special needs of his father.
On today’s show, we are going to talk with Gary and Margaret about how one, simple, identification bracelet can go a long way in providing comfort and security for patients, caregivers and a hospital staff. Yet this is more than just putting a bracelet on an Alzheimers patients: this project is about training, educating and recognizing the special needs of Alzheimers patients to an entire hospital staff!
Gary’s project is a prime example of how Caregivers can have an impact on on polices and procedures because Caregivers are always the ones in the trenches! Through our conversation with Gary and Margaret, we will all learn how to ‘Be A Healthy Caregiver!’.

Christopher MacLellan The Bow Tie Guy

You Might Know Me As The Bow Tie Guy - "Wearing a bow tie is like wearing two smiles."

When people ask me, "why did you create the Whole Care Network"... I always come back to our caregiving experience and how fortunate I was to find resources that helped me and my partner Richard Schiffer manage our caregiving journey. Every caregiver has a story; through our stories, we find validation, resources, and respite to help manage our caregiving day.

We were fortunate to have our story chronicled in a 2015 Pulitzer Prize-nominated 3-part story, “In Sickness and In Health: A Couple’s Final Journey,” which told our journey of caregiving. The story told of the challenges LGBT partners have in dealing with the medical and legal system, but it also told of the love and joy my partner Richard's last years had on our relationship.