Free Virtual Conference Offers Help to Families Coping With Alzheimer's During COVID-19 Crisis

The Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) will hold a free Virtual Educational Conference on June 16 designed to help families coping with loved ones with Alzheimer's disease during the current pandemic, reports NJ.com . Featured speakers with include Mehmet Oz, host of "The Dr. Oz Show," who will share his account of having his mother diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Topics will include staying healthy and safe as the country reopens, organizing a long-term care team during the crisis, and taking advantage of caregiving technology. "Knowledge is a useful and powerful tool that can help make any situation easier to navigate," said AFA CEO Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. "We want individuals who are caring for someone with Alzheimer's to know about the resources available to help them and steps that they can take to improve their loved one's care and quality of life."