1. AFTER a dementia or Alzheimer’s diagnosis If your loved one is exhibiting signs of Dementia, it is best to be proactive by scheduling a visit with a general practitioner. Symptoms can include memory loss, difficulty finding one’s words, mood changes, confusion, disorientation, lack of balance, difficulty with day [...]
Assisted Livings specializing in serving residents with memory care issues play a critical role in medication management. Seniors with Dementia and Alzheimer’s are less likely to communicate about allergic symptoms, side effects or any other ongoing issues with medications. As a result, the caregiving staff at the Assisted Living must [...]
What makes great memory care? Is it a perfectly designed building? Experienced leadership? Evidenced-based programming? Carefully vetted and well-trained staff? Well, yes -- all of these things matter. But with nearly 38 years of nursing experience under my belt, I firmly believe that it is the staff-to-resident ratio that is the single most [...]
If you are caring for a loved one with Dementia, you’ve probably heard this advice more than one time: “Make sure you are taking care of yourself too!” This concept is good in theory but sometimes more difficult in reality! Most Caregivers looking after Mom, Dad or a spouse with [...]
I am extremely introverted. Many who know me find this confusing because I easily and often engage people and usually take control of social situations with ease. Most of the extroverts who know me think that if I could “just come a little further out of my shell”, I would [...]
"You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred." —Woody Allen As a geriatric nurse and lifelong caregiver, I have noticed that some people have a gift of looking at life through the lens of [...]
