People who have Parkinson’s disease may find everyday life challenging. Taking proper care of loved ones diagnosed with Parkinson’s syndrome could make their life more pleasant, easier, and less stressful. Family and friends suffering from the illness tend to have impaired balance, rigid muscles, slowed movement, and tremors resulting in complications in managing day-to-day activities and participating in social life.
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Everyday life can be challenging for a loved one with dementia. But with simple adaptations at home like dementia room signs, life could be easier, less stressful, and more pleasant.
Continue readingThere are a lot of things to consider when you’re looking for an in-home caregiver for your senior loved one. You want to find someone who is trustworthy, reliable, and compassionate. But how do you go about finding the right person?
Continue readingAs a caregiver, you wear many hats–and some of them may be invisible to you. Some of your duties and responsibilities will probably become second nature as time goes on, but there are some that may not occur to you until they’re needed.
Continue readingAlzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, is a brain disorder that slowly but progressively destroys memory and thinking skills. Alzheimer’s specifically affects the part of the brain involved with memory and learning. Dementia, which is an illness that causes a loss of intellectual abilities severe enough to interfere with daily life activities, is often used as a general term for people with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia.
Continue readingHow can you better understand a disease that is devastating for the patient and family, but also affects you?
People diagnosed with dementia are often abandoned by their families. In order to learn more about this degenerative disease, these 5 books will offer a varied approach.
Continue readingIt’s common for someone who is living with dementia to deny they are experiencing any cognitive issues. It may be frustrating for you and your family, but it’s important not to become flustered. If a loved one is continuing to deny that they have dementia, or they are refusing to go into care, it’s important to help in the right ways. How can you help a dementia patient who is refusing to go into care?
Continue readingElderly people, especially those with dementia, are particularly susceptible to depression—though, it can be difficult to tell the difference between depression in seniors and early signs of dementia. Thoughtful Care’s caregivers, serving Kansas City, Overland Park, Lees Summit, Olathe, Mission Hills and Prairie Village, are trained to recognize symptoms of elder depression.
Continue readingFamily dynamics are real. People tend to fall into roles within the family structure in order to meet the demands of a life. There are leaders, breadwinners, decision-makers, hearth-keepers, those who create order, those who keep the peace, the family clown, and dreamers. Whatever the roles may be, things get turned upside down when symptoms of dementia begin to manifest. Suddenly the decision-maker forgets the banker’s name, or the caregiver can’t recall a family member’s birthday.
Continue readingAfter Diane lost her husband Bill*, she knew that the time had come to make decisions about her future. Luckily, she and Bill had a ranch style home, so she didn’t have to worry about climbing stairs or keeping an upstairs suite clean. But Diane had recently received a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and her kids were encouraging her to begin looking into memory care nursing homes.
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