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Alzheimer's & Dementia
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(New!) Programming For Seniors: It’s Not Just About Your Great Grandmother’s Bingo!
Assisted Living Community. To some, these words don’t sound or represent a place where people are active. But, actually, they are. From our standpoint, we … Read More
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(New!) A New Service For Tracking A Person With Alzheimer’s
As a source of information and support, the Alzheimer’s Association provides invaluable services to people with AD and caregivers who are faced with significant challenges … Read More
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Alzheimer’s and Holiday Celebrations: Planning Savvy
The holidays are a time for families to gather and celebrate generations coming together to enjoy each other’s company. Though for those caring for loved … Read More
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Tracking Devices May Boost Quality Of Life For Alzheimer’s Sufferers
Using GPS technology on a wide scale reduces the chance of Alzheimer’s patients getting lost while allowing them to regain freedom of movement.
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The Silver Alert System: Finding Our Missing Elderly
Like a missing child, a missing elder can be a family’s worst nightmare. Time is of the essence in these situations. The Silver Alert System … Read More
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Optimizing Quality of Life with Alzheimer’s
Once a loved one has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, the family member realizes that providing care will now be a permanent task. This is … Read More
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Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease
In Alzheimer’s disease, the nerve cells in a person’s brain gradually die off. The changes in the person may be very subtle at first as … Read More
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Counseling Spouses of Alzheimer’s Patients
Alzheimer’s disease afflicts more than 5.2 million Americans in 2008. And, as aging baby boomers swell the ranks of the over 65s, public health officials … Read More
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Art as Mechanism of Expression When Verbal Skills Fail
When Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia cause a loved one to lose the ability to speak, the lack of communication may become frustrating … Read More
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Managing Sundowner’s Syndrome
Sundowner’s Syndrome (also known as sundowning) is a condition that occurs in the late afternoon or early evening when the sun goes down — generally … Read More
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Music as a Tool to Improve Communications Skills in Alzheimer’s Patients
For people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, the body’s functions degenerate as the brain’s functions deteriorate. Among the most affected are the five senses, but … Read More
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Ten Symptoms of Dementia
The onset and development of memory loss and dementia can be your biggest concern as a child and caregiver for your parent. Sometimes taking care … Read More
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Memory Loss: Does it Mean Alzheimer’s?
Some memory loss is a normal part of aging, but certain memory problems may be related to other problems such as depression, dehydration or medical … Read More
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What Types of Treatments are Available for Persons With Dementia and Alzheimer’s?
The basic goal in the management of individuals having Alzheimer’s disease or dementia is to preserve their autonomy and ability to function. Treatment also seeks … Read More
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Common Misbeliefs about Alzheimer’s Disease
Dementia is derived from Latin and literally translates into “mind gone,” (de means “gone” while mens refers to “mind”). The most common cause of dementia, … Read More
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What Diagnostic/Assessment Techniques Are Used to Diagnose Alzheimer’s or Dementia?
Particularly in the early stages of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, the symptoms are very subtle, making diagnosis difficult. Indeed, the only truly definitive diagnosis of … Read More
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What Should Prompt Me to Have My Parent Tested for Dementia and Alzheimer’s?
Ideally, both the patient and the family would benefit from an early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (which is by far the most common cause of … Read More
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Caring for an Alzheimer’s Patient at Home
Estimates of the number of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease often vary, but the U.S. National Institutes of Health puts the range between 2.5 million and … Read More
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Dealing With a Parent With Dementia
It is not easy to deal with a parent with dementia or its most common type, Alzheimer’s disease. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than … Read More
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The Differences Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
Many a patient (or the family) has asked, “What is Alzheimer’s disease, and what makes it different from dementia?” The term dementia refers to a … Read More
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The Basics of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Forms of Dementia
A good way to understand Alzheimer’s disease is to look at dementia.
According to the National Institutes of Health, dementia is a generic term that … Read More
