Our management team has first-hand experience with Alzheimer research, operating and managing care facilities for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, and caring for our own loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease. This places us in a unique position to help those who care for family members with Alzheimer’s disease at home. Caregiver Empathy
We understand the everyday needs of caregivers and have the scientific knowledge to empower the ever increasing population of at-home family caregivers and ease their burden.
Practical Know-How, Professional Knowledge
LightBridge translates the most current academic, scientific, and clinical Alzheimer care research into a language and format that at-home caregivers can put to use. Using combined CD-ROM and internet based technologies, we create educational caregiver training programs that are interactive, audio/visual, conversational, and easy to understand, access, and navigate. Unlike other at-home caregiving resources, our comprehensive, research-based programs lessen the burden caregivers face by heightening their knowledge and awareness of Alzheimer’s disease itself, ultimately empowering them to keep their loved ones living at home much longer than would be normally possible.
Innovation
The Age Old Approach: On the one hand, academic researchers are not in the business of creating care programs for how to care for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. On the other hand, companies that provide Alzheimer care create care programs that are not based on current academic research but rather largely on state regulations that basically only deal with two issues, namely, the physical safety and personal sanitation of the resident and the facility itself. Furthermore, the facility care programs are more generally based on a collection of unfounded past experiences and outdated research, which results in inconsistent, incomplete, and disconnected programs.
While many organizations offer quality training materials in Alzheimer care, their materials are outdated and more anecdotally based —up to 20 years old— and do not claim to be translations of scientific research. However, in the past 10 to 15 years, outstanding research has been conducted that either supports or refutes traditional practices in Alzheimer care. This research needs to reach the bedside caregiver.
The LightBridge Approach: LightBridge challenges existing standards through new technologies and innovative approaches to Alzheimer care. LightBridge goes beyond current training materials on dementia care presently available in the market or on the internet with its “user friendly” learning resources and educational training programs that inspire primary caregivers to learn about and apply the principals they learned in their work with dementia patients. The LightBridge Care Program brings scientists and care providers together, bridging the gap between research and the daily hands on care which in turn improves the world of both communities. The following graphic displays the interactive process involved in the program’s development. 
A Benefit to Society
LightBridge will promote the greater good by...
- Improving the quality of life for persons with Alzheimer's disease and their care providers
- Providing less costly care for longer periods of care for families, local, state, and federal agencies
- Being proactive in its outreach to minority groups such as the Hispanic and Native American populations
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