Senior care can be quite difficult for most families, especially if their senior citizens are inflicted with progressive cognitive impairments such as Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. The ordeal can be particularly difficult for you and your family as it would entail a huge commitment to offering your time, patience, and utmost attention.  At some point,…

Caring for an Alzheimer’s patient can be overwhelming to someone who has no experience with the disease. It may be a struggle to communicate daily concerns, much less emotional or mental health issues. Dementia takes away names, faces, and even motor skills, leaving caregivers frustrated that their patients cannot perform simple tasks.  At some point,…

Are you taking care of a dementia patient? You’ve probably heard a patient express their desire to go home a million times. Unbeknownst to some, dementia patients who voice out their desire to go home are one of the most common mental states of people with this condition.  Usually, a patient who asks to go…

Taking care of a loved one with dementia is one of the hardest and most painful challenges you can go through. The whole ordeal involves a lot of your time, patience, and utmost attention, which you will have to commit to without fail. Momentary lapses from your end could make the conditions of your patient…

According to The Alzheimer’s Association, there are approximately 15 million Americans who are responsible for caring for someone with dementia. Having to tend to people with Alzheimer’s disease or any other type of dementia can be challenging, but there are ways to make managing day-to-day issues easier. When it comes to catering to a loved…

Many individuals, especially seniors, suffer from dementia. In general, dementia is the term used for health conditions showing a decline in memory, language, problem-solving, and other cognitive skills. An example of dementia is memory loss, and Alzheimer’s disease is said to be the most common form of this condition. Dementia is a serious condition that…

According to the World Health Organization, in 2017, there were around 50 million people living with dementia worldwide, 5.7% of whom are living in the United States. This medical illness, which causes abnormal brain changes, triggers a decline in cognitive abilities.  Some cases of dementia are so severe that they impact the patient’s daily life…