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HOW TO APPROACH A PERSON WITH ALZ
When dealing with Alzheimer’s and dementia, especially advanced cases with combative tendencies, it’s important to take extra precaution in your approach, positioning, and communication when caring for your loved one. First, your approach to your loved one should be announced a few feet away when they cannot see you [...]
WHERE IS THEIR MEMORY
We attended a Dementia seminar recently and one of the main topics the presenter touched on was how the short-term memory usually gets worse and long-term memory takes over. What do we do with this? Embrace it…and be creative. Find out where their memory has them. It could be 30, 40, or [...]
ADVANCED DEMENTIA CARE: BEING WRONG, EVEN WHEN YOU’RE RIGHT
Mom tells you she needs a spoon, so you hand her a spoon and she says, “I asked for a spoon”. Let’s assume you already know at this point that she meant she needed a fork. Your first reaction to this is probably a hint of frustration combined with the urge [...]
ASK YOU DOCTOR QUESTIONS
Your health depends on good communication. Asking questions and providing information to your doctor can improve your care. Talking with the doctor builds trust and leads to better results, quality, safety, and satisfaction. Quality health care is a team effort. You play an important role. One of the best [...]
CAREGIVER APPRECATION WEEK
It's Caregiver Appreciation Week! We would like to give a special thanks to our caregivers and the loved one's of our clients, who work tirelessly to provide excellent care to our seniors. Most of us have heard the oxygen-on-an-airplane reference, where we are told to put our own masks on [...]