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Category Archives: Alzheimer’s and Dementia
In-Home Care: Dementia-Related Communication Tips
Is your elderly loved one struggling with dementia-related communication issues? For example, do you find that your elderly loved one is taking longer to respond to you. If so, it is likely caused by the changes that are happening with their brain....
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Personal Care at Home to Handle Dementia Symptoms
Dementia is a disease that will keep progressing. It doesn’t take it easy on anyone. Even if your elderly loved one’s dementia doesn’t progress as fast as someone else’s dementia case, it will over time. Learning how to handle the...
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Learn How Caregivers Help With the Seven Stages of Alzheimer’s
Some experts categorize Alzheimer's symptoms into three stages. Dr. Barry Reisberg created the Global Deterioration Scale, which goes into more detail with symptoms and deterioration. His scale has seven stages. When you're trying to decide if it's...
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Is it Age-Related Memory Loss or Something Else?
Maybe you’ve started to notice that your mom or dad seems to be forgetting things more often. You call to ask what they had for dinner last night and they can’t remember. Or for the first time, a card didn’t arrive in the mail for Timmy’s...
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Simple Meals That Appeal to Adults With Alzheimer’s
Several considerations need to be made when preparing meals for a parent with Alzheimer's. First, tastes change and sweeter items often become more appealing. Second, chewing and swallowing become more challenging as the disease progresses. Meals...
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Keeping Aging Loved Ones with Dementia from Wandering
Dementia is an umbrella term for various diseases that affect the cognitive abilities of individuals. An individual with dementia who is still capable of walking has a high risk of wandering. This can be a pressing concern for any elderly...
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