Mary McDaniel Cail outlines eight essential steps to help your church create an effective group for those caring for loved ones with dementia.

In 2009, someone was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia every 77 seconds. Today, someone is diagnosed every 65 seconds. And the number is escalating. In 2050, it will be one person every 33 seconds. For retired United Methodist Bishop Kenneth Carder, the statistics are personal. His wife, Linda, was diagnosed with frontal temporal dementia and he was called …

Free Resource Helps Congregations Care For People With Dementia Diseases And Their Families For Bishop Kenneth Carder, retired bishop of The United Methodist Church, November 2, 2009, is a date he will never forgot. The irony is that his wife, Linda, has. On that brisk November day, the Carders received Linda’s diagnosis of Frontotemporal Dementia. Since then, Bishop Carder has …

There are currently over 16 million people in the US providing care to a person with dementia. While caregiving can be very rewarding, many caregivers also experience a significant amount of stress, and struggle to find meaning in their role as a caregiver.