Safety at Home: Modification Tips to Create a Dementia-Friendly Space
The day-to-day dilemmas of providing care for someone you care about with dementia are constantly changing. Today, the challenge may be frustration with the lack of ability to communicate effectively. Tomorrow, it might be wandering and seeking to go “home.” There may be sleepless nights if sundowning is an issue, or aggressive actions and words […]
Safety Tips for Traveling with Someone with Alzheimer’s
After spending a significant amount of time in social distancing and isolation, this summer may lead you more than usual to want to journey to visit family and friends, or even to simply encounter a change of scenery and some enjoyable activities. And if you provide care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s, having a […]
The Benefits of Reminiscing: Memory Therapy for Dementia Patients
Memories…each and every day we are creating new ones, but there is something particularly heartwarming about revisiting those from long ago. For older adults with Alzheimer’s or another type of dementia, with a decreasing ability to hold short-term memories, those from many years’ past are all the more important. In fact, memory therapy for dementia […]
Help Senior Loved Ones With Dementia Enjoy the Holiday Season
Living with dementia is challenging on any given day, but add in disruptions to routine, additional visitors, decorations, and noise, and you might just have a recipe for elevated agitation, stress, and discomfort. The key to enjoying the holiday season, both for your family and a senior loved one with dementia, depends on pre-planning, remaining […]
Activities to Keep Active and Engaged when Living with Alzheimer’s Disease
Finding purpose, meaning, and joy in the world around us is very important for our wellbeing, and that doesn’t change when someone is identified as having Alzheimer’s disease. Yet continuing to remain involved with hobbies and interests may become difficult, since it’s not unusual for individuals during the early stages of dementia to withdraw from […]
Positively Influencing Difficult Alzheimer’s Behaviors Through Music, Art and Pet Therapy
As with many aspects in life, a little creativity goes a long way when it comes to providing care for a person with Alzheimer’s disease. Grace Home Care completely understands how challenging it may be to fulfill the ever-changing needs inherent with dementia; on one day, your loved one might feel peaceful and satisfied, while on […]
The Most Effective Techniques to Use When a Senior with Alzheimer’s Gets Physical
Of the many complex behaviors that tend to present in older adults with Alzheimer’s disease, perhaps the most troublesome is physical violence. Even a previously quiet, timid senior can be susceptible to aggressive meltdowns, particularly in the later stages of the disease, as a result of an array of factors: a lack of self-control and […]
Reduce Agitation in Dementia with These Activities
Once a close relative is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or another type of progressive dementia, everyday life can feel as though it’s a riddle to be figured out. Given that there are several stages of the disease, it’s not uncommon to come up with a variety of activities that are pleasing and enjoyable for the senior […]
Topeka Dementia Care: Helping Seniors with Late-Stage Alzheimer’s Remain Active
Each and every phase of Alzheimer’s inherently has its own different struggles, and the approaches to tackle those challenges and help older adults live the highest quality life possible have to be changed accordingly. In the more advanced stage of Alzheimer’s disease, it’s common for the individual’s level of activity and engagement to decrease; even […]
Grace Home Care’s Top Tips for Managing the Challenging Behaviors of Dementia
Providing care for a loved one with dementia delivers a world of rewards – the experience of peace of mind and fulfillment in knowing you’re aiding in making the senior’s life as secure and comfortable as possible, the joy of seeing the senior’s smile at an enjoyed activity, the warmth of reminiscing. And yet, it […]