BrightFocus Foundation

Memory Care & Dementia · Rhode Island · Free

Funds research into Alzheimer's, glaucoma, and macular degeneration. Free resources for families. Relevant for caregivers needing dementia-specific behavior strategies — wandering, sundowning, aggression, refusal of care. Local chapters run free support groups — caregivers, early-stage patients, and adult children meet separately. Power of attorney and advance directives are far easier to set up in the early stages — once capacity is gone, the only option is guardianship. Open at no cost to Rhode...

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