by Alex | Oct 3, 2024 | Tips & Coping Skills Home Safety
Alzheimer’s disease has unique symptoms and traits, so it’s likely that your home will need some modifications in order to create the best environment for your loved one. Home safety is always important, but it’s a special concern when you’re caring for a person with...
by Alex | Oct 3, 2024 | Tips & Coping Skills Home Safety
Multi-generational living can have serious implications, and there are a number of factors that are often overlooked that must be taken into consideration first. Decades ago, having grandparents move in with you was fairly common, and it often worked well. It did for...
by Alex | Oct 3, 2024 | Tips & Coping Skills Home Safety
The greatest value of caring for a senior with Alzheimer’s or dementia at home is the obvious fact that they can remain in a familiar environment. This option is far less disorienting than a move to an assisted living facility or a nursing home. Familiar environments...
by Alex | Oct 3, 2024 | Tips & Coping Skills Home Safety
Some seniors are ready to let go of all but a few material possessions, but for others, the idea of parting with even seemingly insignificant objects can cause great anxiety and sadness – and that doesn’t even include those who may be grappling with dementia or...
by Alex | Oct 3, 2024 | Tips & Coping Skills for Caregivers
Safeguard your loved ones with these strategies The telephone seemed to ring all the time for Robert Podrasky’s elderly father. Too late, Podrasky figured out why: His 85-year-old father was being scammed. Callers had invited his father to play a “quasi-legal...
by Alex | Oct 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
Driving and people with Dementia Someone who is diagnosed with dementia may be able to continue driving for some time. However, they must fulfill certain legal requirements. As the person’s dementia progresses, they will reach a point where they can no longer...
by Alex | Oct 3, 2024 | Tips & Coping Skills for Caregivers
Dementia is a scary disease – it comes with so many unknowns. How will this disease impact my loved one with dementia? How will it impact me and my family? There may be times when their behavior is nearly unrecognizable. Unfortunately, that’s part of the...
by Alex | Oct 3, 2024 | Tips & Coping Skills for Caregivers
It’s summertime, and the livin’ is well, never quite easy, like the song says, if you’re the caregiver to someone with Alzheimer’s and dementia. When temperatures rise so do seasonal concerns. Are these on your radar? Summer Alzheimer’s...
by Alex | Oct 3, 2024 | Tips & Coping Skills for Caregivers
Living in a place that is safe, familiar and comfortable is important to everyone, including people with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias. A diagnosis of dementia does not automatically mean that a person is incapable of living alone. Some people may be able to...
by Alex | Oct 3, 2024 | Tips & Coping Skills for Caregivers
A colleague at work, whom I will call Beverly, recently lost her father, and the family is struggling mightily to handle her parents’ financial affairs. Beverly has a terrible story to tell. Beverly’s parents, both in their eighties, lived independently in their...
