Assisted Living Facilities: Staff and Family Relations
Almost inevitably, as Alzheimer’s disease or dementia progresses, your loved one will begin showing signs and symptoms that lead you to believe he or she needs additional care. As you ...
Rights of Nursing Home Residents
According to the Ohio Revised Code, those living in a nursing home have rights as residents. While some of these rights seem pretty self-evident such as the right to a ...
Recovering from a Fall
An unexpected fall of a loved one can result in various types of injuries—some of which are serious enough to require hospitalization. While bruises and abrasions commonly occur and do ...
Moving Your Loved One to a New Home
If you’ve recently moved your loved one from one city or state to another, then you likely have questions about how to best help him or her cope with a ...
Home Care Agencies and Options
At one point or another, you will likely find that your loved one’s condition has progressed to the point where both of you require some type of assistance with day-to-day ...
Combating Sleeplessness
As with most people, insomnia can seriously impact the overall health of your loved one and result in serious health and safety concerns. Institutions such as the Mayo Clinic define ...
The ‘Sandwich Generation’: Statistics vs. the Experience
In 2006, Charles Pierret—Director of Longitudinal Studies with the Office of Employment and Unemployment—published a report in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Monthly Labor Review. In this reports, he spends ...
Environment and Agitation
Like most people, individuals coping with Alzheimer’s or dementia tend to experience elevated levels and stress when introduced to an uncomfortable or unfamiliar environment. As you assist your loved one ...
Stages of Grief: Accepting Alzheimer’s as a Life Condition
Anyone who’s lived through the experience of receiving bad news about a loved one’s condition knows what traumatic and life-altering experience this can be. Whether an individual learns that a ...
Alzheimer’s and Alcohol
As your loved one begins displaying obvious signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s, you will undoubtedly begin considering how you might make adjustments to his or her daily life to ensure ...