Alzheimer's & Dementia Archives

Strategies for Understanding and Managing Unwanted Behaviors: Wandering, Rummaging, Hoarding, and Packing

Nov 3, 2023 | Alzheimer's & Dementia

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s important to interpret your loved one’s unwanted behaviors as forms of non-verbal communication. These behaviors are often their way of coping and reacting with the abilities they still possess. In this post, we will delve...

7 Tips to Manage Mean Dementia Behavior

Oct 13, 2023 | Alzheimer's & Dementia, Family Caregiving

Reading Time: 4 minutesHere are 7 tips to help you manage mean dementia behavior and reduce the stress and resentment it causes. People with dementia might say hurtful things When you’re caring for an older adult with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, they might make...

Medications That Worsen Dementia and Increase Dementia Risk

Oct 5, 2023 | Alzheimer's & Dementia

Reading Time: 3 minutesMedications That Worsen Dementia and Increase Dementia Risk: Anticholinergics Common prescription and over-the-counter medications called anticholinergics (anti-col-in-er-jik) have side effects that can worsen existing Alzheimer’s disease or...

Prepare to Forgive Yourself Because You Won’t Get it Right

Sep 19, 2023 | Alzheimer's & Dementia, Emotions of Caregiving, Family Caregiving

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJohn Suzuki is not a professional caregiver. Rather, he’s a regular guy who found himself as a caregiver when his mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. John is the author of a new incredible book on the true story about the concentration camps...

How Smell boosts Memory

Sep 1, 2023 | Alzheimer's & Dementia, Health

Reading Time: 5 minutesMost people think of smell as the least important of their five senses. But a growing body of research suggests smell is not just essential for perceiving things like food and flowers but also for remembering them. And a new study suggests...

World Alzheimer’s Day – September 21st

Sep 1, 2023 | Alzheimer's & Dementia

Reading Time: 2 minutes“The most beautiful and soothing thing that we can do to patients suffering from Alzheimer’s is to love them and not judge them. Happy World Alzheimer’s Day.” September 21st is World Alzheimer’s Day and September is world...

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