People with dementia often exhibit behaviors that are frustrating, embarrassing, and sometimes even dangerous to the caregiver and others.
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Triggers That Make Alzheimers Worse
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triggers that make alzheimers worse
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My husband asks the same the same question over and over again
My primary advice in this type of situation is to feel empathy for your loved one who can’t remember the answer to what must be for him or her a critical question.
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What to Do When Your Loved One Asks You the Same Question Over and Over
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Bing Keyword Search - do i leave an alzheimer's person alone
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It took me a while to understand how my mother might be feeling when I went out and left her alone at home.
do i leave an alzheimer's person alone
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You Can't Leave a Person with Alzheimer's Alone
It took me a while to understand how my mother might be feeling when I went out and left her alone at home.
Simple word games dementia
Activities as simple as structured discussion groups and word games can benefit memory and thinking for people with Alzheimer’s or dementia.
A Yahoo keyword search from a person looking for information on dementia and word games lead to the following article in the Alzheimer's Reading Room.
Yahoo Keywords - Simple word games dementia
Simple Structured Discussions and Word Games Beneficial for People with Dementia
Activities for Dementia Patients
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activities for dementia patients,
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More than half of Alzheimer's and dementia patients had inadequate meaningful daily activities at a senior center or at home.
Socialization and Alzheimers Disease
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socialization and alzheimers disease
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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....
Agitation in Elderly Dementia Patients
Research provides the best evidence to date that the late-day anxiety and agitation sometimes seen in older institutionalized adults, especially those with dementia, has a biological basis in the brain.
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
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Aricept and Namenda Combination Therapy
After reading a research study indicating that the combination of Aricept and Namenda might help slow the rate of decline in Alzheimer's patients, I immediately scheduled an appointment with our doctor to discuss this information.
High Fiber Foods That Make You Poop
Eating high-fiber foods helps you stay fuller longer, keeps you regular, and boosts colon health.
Getting enough fiber can be a challenge, but one certainly worth taking on.
Dr Oz talks about poop on his show regularly. It just never stops amazing me how many people have trouble pooping. Dr Oz wouldn't be spending so much time on poop unless it was a big problem.
Note, the majority of Dr Oz's viewers are women.
Quotes for Communicating with Dementia
Alzheimer's Quotes and Dementia Quotes
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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.
Early Signs of Dementia During the Holiday Season
Most people think Alzheimer's occurs when a person loses their memory.
Unfamiliar with the disease, they are unlikely to notice the more subtle behavior changes that accompany the very early stages of Alzheimer's or a related dementia.
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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)?
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