With one person in the world developing dementia every 3 seconds and an estimated 50 million or more people living with the condition globally, dementia is a very real problem.1 Getting the right care is crucial to maintaining a good quality of life for those coping with this problem. To ...
As technology continues to progress, more activities are becoming available for dementia patients in the digital world. These activities may help provide sensory and visual cues, facilitate emotional expression, and encourage engagement in a variety of interactive and fulfilling ways. Below a...
Exploring how healthcare professionals and family carers identity pain in people with dementia and limited verbal skillsCaroline Margaret Swarbrick
Speak to Comfort Home Care for more information about how to provide the best support possible for a loved one with dementia. The agency specializes in caring for people within the comfort of their own homes, allowing them to remain in familiar surroundings and spend more time with ...
Dementia Care ByLori Russell Parentification is a term used to define the role reversal that happens when you act as a parent to yourownparent. This is often seen in adult children, especially when there is a diagnosis of dementia involved. It is common to want to protect your parent from...
Consequently, as the disease advances, people need more care, and the burden of how to provide that care — and pay for it — often falls to their families. “A lot of them have made really responsible financial decisions their whole life, but nobody is prepared for this cost at the en...
This conflicting interest in wanting to provide to the individual’s needs, whilst simultaneously seeing countless limitations is a constant struggle. When assessing experienced QoC, it is important to acknowledge the client’s environment as well. “I think we [the nursing home] also need to ...
Senior personal care needs, like dressing, can become a struggle with dementia. Being a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or any other kind ofdementiarequires empathy, creativity, and patience, the capacity to step away from your individual reasoning and logic and realize w...
There is no cure for Alzheimer's, but there are treatments—from cognitive enhancers to non-drug approaches—to help manage it. Learn about the options.
For those patients, a hospital stay can negatively influence health outcomes and cause additional burden for families, because structure and organisation of acute care settings are often not adapted to dementia care. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of family ...