Personal Care at Home Tips for Helping an Alzheimer’s Parent With Oral Care
The best way to avoid cavities, gum disease, and tooth loss as an older adult is through proper oral care. Brushing and flossing your teeth each day is essential, but it’s also challenging for people with Alzheimer’s disease. Your dad keeps forgetting to brush his teeth, and flossing is beyond him now. His last visit […]
Family Caregivers: Alzheimer’s Care Provides the Help You Need
Seniors with Alzheimer’s can experience anything from anger to paranoia which can make caring for them difficult. Alzheimer’s care can help!
What Not to Say to Someone With Alzheimer’s
If your loved one has Alzheimer’s, how do you talk to them? It helps to avoid specific topics. Find Alzheimer’s Care in Litchfield Park, AZ.
Alzheimer’s Care At Home Supports Family Caregivers Too
Caring for a senior with Alzheimer’s can be difficult for family members. It can help your seniors to stay at home where they have a lot of memories.
Death and Dying..Have that Conversation!
Yesterday at a senior forum I attended there was a discussion on communication and what you want to happen when you reach your end of life times. The one absolute certainty in life (taxes aside) is if you are alive today, you will die sometime in the future. Unfortunately our society seems to be in […]
Joining the Journey
I attended a great presentation today on how to reduce hospitalization in persons with dementia. There were about 80 participants that asked very good questions. Most in attendance either had a spouse or close friend who were in varies stages of dementia. The one question that struck me was from a gentleman whose wife was […]
How good is your memory?
Wanted-1,000,000 people to participate in a memory study. Matthew Huentelman from T-GEN, a non-profit research facility in Phoenix, Arizona, is doing a worldwide study on how thinking and memory change as we age. Matt is looking for a range of ages, from 18-80 with a variety of backgrounds and cognitive abilities. The goal is to […]
Relax Away the Stresses of Caregiving
With an aging population and changes in health care, such as shorter hospital stays, more and more caregiving is being provided by family members. If you’re a caregiver, you know that taking care of a loved one can be very rewarding. But being a caregiver can be stressful at times. It is important to take […]
Personal Environment-Make it Safe and Comfortable
The word environment usually produces images of the great outdoors, but let’s take it a step further and consider our personal environment, especially as baby boomers age in place or mom and dad move in with their children. The space needs to be both safe and comforting. As we age, the risk of falling increases […]
4 Myths About How to Act When Someone’s Dying
By Paula Spencer Scott, Caring.com senior editor (This is often an unspoken topic in our society, but so important in the transition from this life to the next. Please help spread this message by reposting. Steve Kramer) People often adhere to a code of conduct about the end of life that’s just not rooted in […]
