When Should I Consider Hospice Care?
When a physician determines that your loved one has only six months or less to live, the physician can call-in hospice to provide care for him or her. Very simply,...
Assisted Living Facilities and Medication Concerns
Unfortunately, those living Alzheimer’s disease or dementia—because of their conditions—do not always have much say over the types of medications doctors prescribe them. To explain, the issues they experience with...
Managing Your Loved One’s Hallucinations
Those who’ve experienced hallucinations can attest to their confusing and frightening qualities, and while not every hallucination necessarily evokes feelings of fear, many of have the potential to cause your...
Day-to-Day Bonding with Your Loved One
As you spend time with your loved one at home, you’ll likely find yourself wanting to dream-up some entertaining activities for him or her to do. One thing to keep...
Selecting a Caretaker
The responsibilities of taking care of a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia may seem overwhelming at times. Between managing your own work-life balance and helping manage your loved...
Behavior Acceptance and Its Role in Preventing Agitation
Just like the rest of us, those with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia can experience a wide array of emotions as they move throughout their daily lives. Just as we may...
Depression: More Common Than You May Think
Concerns about depression often arise for caregivers who have loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, and rightfully so. Depression typically accompanies the onset of symptoms for either of these...
Pick’s Disease and Your Loved One Behavior
While Pick’s Disease may not be extremely common among the general population, those with loved ones who suffer from the disease would be loath to say the disease is not...
Long Term Care Options: Medicaid v Medicare
Because laws concerning the availability of benefits for seniors seem to continually change and make situations more and more complicated—consider the effects of The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005—it’s helpful...
Understanding Your Loved One’s Feelings of Embarrassment
Have you ever run into someone at an extended family gathering, business function, or other social event and found yourself at a loss for the name of someone you’ve previously...
Life Expectancy and Medicare
Are you one of the millions of senior Americans who pay attention to health issues? As a younger adult—and now as a senior one—did exercise regularly, eat a healthy diet...
Coping with Your Loved One’s Nurturing Compulsions
Those with Alzheimer’s disease whose conditions have progressed to the later stages may ask to see loved ones who are no longer in their daily lives. For instance, many Alzheimer’s...