{"id":6701,"date":"2017-05-09T08:42:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T12:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6701"},"modified":"2017-05-09T08:42:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T12:42:05","slug":"boot-camp-helps-alzheimers-dementia-caregivers-take-care-of-themselves-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6701","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Boot Camp\u2019 Helps Alzheimer\u2019s, Dementia Caregivers Take Care Of Themselves, Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 26px; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">LOS ANGELES \u2014 Gary Carmona thought he could do it all. He\u2019s run companies and chaired nonprofit boards. But since his wife was diagnosed with dementia, Carmona, 77, has felt overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 26px; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\u201cI really see myself at times crashing,\u201d he said. \u201cIn my mind, I\u2019m saying, \u2018You know, I can\u2019t really handle all this.\u2019\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/boot-camp-helps-alzheimers-dementia-caregivers-take-care-of-themselves-too\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=51691071&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9S_fLRcpEtVFOxnpzsG6mov9GHvHIk6kzlvm0Vbrbkqwg3KRKc3_SknLjdXtbb3rPJUJKkgCbUh4WvNbzdsFvAwCeGTg&amp;_hsmi=51691071\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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