LISTEN: Know the News - Insights on Alzheimer's caregivers in Arkansas during the holiday season

A caregiver sits with an Alzheimer's disease patient Thursday, March 1, 2012, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Fayetteville. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/ANDY SHUPE)
A caregiver sits with an Alzheimer's disease patient Thursday, March 1, 2012, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Fayetteville. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/ANDY SHUPE)

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The holidays present additional challenges and stress for the more than 58,000 people in Arkansas caring for someone with Alzheimer’s. 

On this week’s edition of the Know the News podcast, we chat with Jill Thompson, program director for the Arkansas chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, to get her advice on how caregivers can best navigate the holidays and what family and friends can do to help.

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