People with dementia often exhibit behaviors that are frustrating, embarrassing, and sometimes even dangerous to the caregiver and others.
Showing posts with label alzheimers care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alzheimers care. Show all posts
Frigid weather can pose special risks to older adults
The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, has some advice for helping older people avoid hypothermia—when the body gets too cold—during cold weather.
Older adults are especially vulnerable to hypothermia because their bodies’ response to cold can be diminished by underlying medical conditions such as diabetes and by use of some medicines, including over-the-counter cold remedies.
Hypothermia can develop in older adults after relatively short exposure to cold weather or even a small drop in temperature.
Dementia Patient Won't Go to Social Daycare
How do you get a person living with Dementia to go to adult day care?
One of our readers wrote:
Oh how I wish she would go! She calls it "Granny Day Care" and refuses to go.
I wanted her to go over a year ago. I told her recently that she would have made some new friends by now but she wants no part of it. I think they could accommodate the visual impairment there as well as the cognitive impairment.
She doesn't see herself as an older person, but she's 87!
Shaking my head....
In Home Test, SAGE, Can Detect Early Signs of Dementia
Ohio State researchers have developed a new memory test called SAGE.
This new memory test which can be taken at home with a pen and paper is called the Self-Administered Gerocognitive Examination (SAGE).
Alzheimer's Reading Room Red Plate
The following search on Google
returned these suggested articles.
Alzheimer's reading room red plate
returned these suggested articles.
Sudden Decline in Elderly Alzheimers Patient
One of the things that makes Alzheimer's different is that is impossible to know at what rate any given patient will experience cognitive decline.
This state of "unknowing" is disconcerting to Alzheimer's caregivers, and makes Alzheimer's caregiving all the more difficult.
Dementia and Driving Ability
When does a person with dementia need to stop driving and how to tell them to stop driving in a respectful and considerate manner.
Dementia Caregiver Do's and Dont's
Visiting loved ones in their nursing homes is essential for both your and their well being.
Alzheimer's and Obsessive Behavior
Do you have any suggestions on how to deal with a recurring obsession Mom has about leaving the house to find her kids (us, when we were little)?
Alzheimer's Knowledge Base
The Alzheimer's Reading Room Knowledge Base contains more than 4,000 articles.
Thanksgiving Should Mom Attend?
Thanksgiving Dilemma - a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives which are usually mutually exclusive.
Google - dementia medication refusal
A reader searched Google using these keywords - dementia medication refusal.
What to do when alzheimer patient wants to go home
I finally concluded Dotty was longing for a time that remained fresh and understandable in her mind. A time when she was safe and secure and knew every one's name and face.
Idea Bags Alzheimer's
Sometimes you can come up with a great idea that will not only improve the life of a person living with dementia, it can also improve the attitude and life of the caregiver.
I just finished reading a terrific article that contains an idea for reducing dementia patient anxiety.
Google Search - meanness in elderly
The confusion about Alzheimer's like behavior occurs because early dementia is like a chicken/egg disease.
Alzheimers Disease -- The Front Row
Knowing that the day is coming when your loved one -- won't know you-- is the most horrific feeling of them all for an Alzheimer's caregiver.
+Alzheimer's Reading Room
 |
| Are Alzheimer's Caregivers the Forgotten? |
Are Alzheimer's and Dementia the Same Thing?
No. In a nutshell, dementia is a symptom, and Alzheimer's disease is the cause of the symptom.
+Bob DeMarco
+Alzheimer's Reading Room
It is my belief ...
Original content +Bob DeMarco , +Alzheimer's Reading Room
To learn more about Alzheimer's and Dementia care visit the Alzheimer's Reading Room
No More Blah Blah Blah
One of the hardest things to do as an Alzheimer's caregiver is learning how to understand, cope, and communicate with a person living with dementia.
Read More
Google Search - alzheimer's quotes
The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.
~ Thomas Moore, Care of the Soul
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)