Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Caregiver Tips
Caregivers of Seniors – Here’s Your Holiday To-Do List!
As if being a family caregiver wasn’t busy enough, the upcoming holiday season presents additional responsibilities that can feel…
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Home Care Improves Quality of Life for Seniors with Dementia and Their Families
Statistics show that 87 percent of senior adults want to remain in their homes (called aging in place) as…
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When is it Time to Consider Memory Care for Your Parent?
According to Grace LeRoux, Bethesda Staff Development Coordinator and a former Memory Care Nurse Manager, the answer to the…
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Delirium Isn’t ‘Just Part of Getting Older’
As many as half of hospital patients age 65 and older develop delirium. Once thought of as something ordinary…
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Why the Discovery of ‘LATE’ Dementia Is Important
When is Alzheimer’s disease not Alzheimer’s disease? It’s a riddle that finally has an answer. Researchers recently pinpointed another…
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How to Prepare Your Home for Someone With Alzheimer’s
It’s no secret that the majority of older adults want to live out their lives in their own homes.…
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How to Communicate with a Loved One Living with Alzheimer’s
Communication is an exchange. We trade information, opinions, emotions, thoughts, and memories. When we communicate with someone who has…
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How to Talk to Your Parents About Dementia
When you were a child, your mother and father explained difficult things to you and provided for your care.…
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Transitioning Your Loved One Into Memory Care
You and your family have done your best, but dementia is taking your Mother’s cognitive abilities. Many of the…
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How to Plan for the Future with a Loved One with Dementia
Though medical researchers are developing tests to detect dementia earlier, today it may take years for the symptoms to…
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Dementia Diagnosis: When Do You Go Public?
Post-Its had become an essential tool for Dale Rivard. As a veteran assistant state’s attorney in Grand Forks, ND,…
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How to Manage Sundown Syndrome During the Winter
For senior adults living with Alzheimer’s or dementia, as well as their caregivers and children, dealing with sundown syndrome…
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Treating Dementia Behaviors Without Drugs
Most people think of dementia as affecting memory and cognition, and it certainly does. But some of the most…
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