Family Councils: Staying Organized
Family members and friends of nursing home residents often pull together to form organizations known as family councils. Family councils, very simply, are organizations put together by and for family ...
At What Point Should I Have My Father Assessed?
While aggressive behavior may indicate that you need to have your loved one assessed, you should be sure to spend plenty of time investigating your loved one’s environment to be ...
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 ...
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 ...
Communicating a Diagnosis to Family Members
From time to time, caregivers have questions about the best way to communicate the diagnosis of a loved one to other family members. Indeed, news of a diagnosis can be ...
Managing Guilt
As a caretaker, you will undoubtedly experience an array of emotions when providing your loved one with day to day care. Some days, you will feel joy and appreciation while ...
Good Days and Bad Days
As a caregiver, you will undoubtedly notice that your loved one has both “good days” and “bad.” “Good days” simply refer to those days during which your loved one’s symptoms ...
Advance Directives and Myths
As your loved on begins showing signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease or dementia, you'll likely want to go ahead and have an Ohio elder law attorney draft an advance ...
Understanding Agitation
While most of us may feel we have a clear understanding of the word “agitation,” a quick review of the word’s definition can provide a fresh perspective—and perhaps even insight—on ...