Everyone has those occasional slips of memory–the moments where you can’t find a word that’s at the tip of your tongue or your glasses aren’t where you swear you left them. As your loved ones get older, this kind of memory loss may become more frequent. Alzheimer’s disease affects over 5.3 million Americans and accounts […]
ARE YOU ASKING YOUR MOM’S ALZHEIMER’S DOCTOR THE RIGHT QUESTIONS?
If you have a parent with Alzheimer’s, you aren’t alone. Over five million Americans have this disorder, and that number could grow even more Baby Boomers enter retirement age. Finding out that you have a parent with Alzheimer’s can cause a variety of emotions. You may feel angry or scared, or you could be feeling sad. Regardless […]
Delirium vs Dementia: What You Need to Know
With older age comes an increased risk of health problems. Among those include the conditions of delirium and dementia. These conditions have some similar symptoms. This can sometimes make it hard to distinguish between the two. Read on to better understand the differences between delirium vs. dementia. Delirium Delirium is a state of mental confusion […]
What to Consider When Touring a Memory Care Facility
Do you have to transfer your loved one to memory care? Watching your loved one suffer from dementia is never easy. You would like to think a memory care facility has all of the tools essential to supporting your loved one. But no two memory care facilities are created equally. Some facilities provide better care […]
Why Staff Ratios Matter for Assisted Living Communities
Many different qualitative factors may feed your decision on the assisted living communities to choose. The type of room or form of care is just one of these factors. Luckily, there are some defined, quantitative measures that you can consider when choosing a facility for yourself or a loved one. One such quantitative measure is […]
Dementia Caregiver Stresses and How to Handle Them
Being a dementia caregiver is difficult, and feeling frustrated from time to time is a natural response. It’s okay to feel frustrated. But allowing the occasional frustration to build up to extreme frustration can create a negative impact on you or the person you’re caring for. When your frustration gets bad enough, it can affect […]
