dementia
How to Plan for a Disaster with Someone Who Has Dementia
Caregivers often have their hands full with their day-to-day responsibilities. Planning for a tornado, hurricane, wildfire, earthquake, flood or other natural disaster often isn’t on the radar. Happily The Hartford has developed a 44-page guide, called The Calm Before the Storm to help a caregiver to someone with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, or some other form of [...]
How to Recognize Vascular Dementia
According to the Mayo Clinic, “Vascular dementia is an umbrella term that describes impairments in cognitive function caused by problems in blood vessels that feed the brain.” In some cases, a blood vessel may be completely blocked, causing a stroke. Not all strokes cause vascular dementia. It depends on the severity of the stroke, where [...]
Tips for Communicating with Someone with Dementia
The skills that help us successfully navigate the world around us don’t necessarily work when we’re with someone who has dementia. Dementia can be caused by a number of things including neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, blood flow-related (vascular) disorders such as multi-infarct disease, inherited disorders such as Huntington’s disease, and infections such as [...]
Great Caregiving Resources to Recommend to a Friend
We’re always looking for the best resources on the Web that can help the busy, perhaps harried, caregiver do what they need to do with confidence and compassion, while maintaining a balance in life. Sometimes it’s not easy. One thing working in our favor is that we do have the Internet and its abundance of [...]
The Alzheimer’s Project
HBO Documentary Films will be airing a four part multimedia event, “Changing the Way America Thinks About Altzheimer’s Disease” starting on Sunday, May 10th at 9:00 p.m. Part 1: The Memory Loss Tapes Part 2: Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am? with Maria Shriver Part 3: Momentum in Science Part 4: Caregivers Visit the HBO [...]
Correlation between Leisure Activities and Risk of Dementia
Most of us know that we feel better when we spend time with those we love. We also know that when we participate in activities that we enjoy, our spirits are often lifted. What is becoming even clearer to researchers is that all of these things are also good for us. Some research even shows that [...]