Many people feel a high degree of fear and apprehension when they imagine one of their parents diagnosed with a debilitating illness. Many adult children have never quite stopped seeing their parents
Situations When Individuals Require 24-hour Home Care Assistance
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Benefits of Dancing/Exercise for Alzeimer Prevention
It can be difficult to know whether or not an elderly loved one will get Alzheimer’s disease. The likelihood of Alzheimer’s does increase with age, with about 1 in 14 people over the age of 65
How to Manage Dementia Patients with Aggressive/Difficult Behavior
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands! This is the way the old children’s song goes, with a lilting verse and invitation to a happy-making motion: clapping hands, stomping feet, spinning
Using Home Care Service For Household Chores and Tasks
Did you know that not making your bed is a healthier, more hygienic option than making it? This might come as good news to people everywhere! The results of a series of tests released in a study by
How to Effectively Communicate With Someone With Dementia
Australian-born Mandy Nolan is a stand-up comic. She performs not as a late-night avocation in addition to a full-time desk job, but as an actual, internationally-acclaimed comic – because she’s
Physical Challenges of Caring For A Loved One With Dementia
In the Greek classic Oedipus Rex, the mythical Sphinx challenged Oedipus to a riddle, which asked, “What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, three legs in the evening, and no
Different Stages and Progression of Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s. The word itself is frightening to hear. The reason the word is so frightening is because it is loaded with anxious expectation. Unlike cancer or heart disease, or the myriad other
The Importance of Socialization for Seniors at Home
Living in the age of social media, it may be hard to imagine an environment in which people are not connected. A simple post on Facebook often garners responses from a wide variety of connections –
Helping New Mothers Adjust Socially
Eat, sleep, change… repeat. A new Mom’s life shifts quickly from complex relationships at work, home, and play to a more predictable cycle of wash-rinse-repeat. In life before baby, you likely went to