We aren’t born knowing how to communicate with persons with dementia but we can learn.
Improving your communication skills will help make caregiving to persons with dementia less stressful. It will ev
Seven Memory Aids For Individuals With Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is the major cause of progressive memory loss in people over the age of 65. It is a degenerative disease and usually starts with slight memory loss which eventually leads to severe
A Family Caregivers Support Group Guide
Support groups are a fact of modern life-whether for people dealing with divorce or life-threatening disease-and more and more for family caregivers. According to an article in the textbook Psychiatri
Seven Memory Aids for Persons With Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is the major cause of progressive memory loss in people over the age of 65. It is a degenerative disease and usually starts with slight memory loss which eventually leads to
Coping with Aphasia
By Joan F. Peters, Esq., Executive Director
National Aphasia Association
When I tell people I work for the National Aphasia Association, I usually get a blank look. Then, when I describe the condition
Caring for Someone with Alzheimer’s
Approximately 10 million individuals are caring for a person with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) or another dementia. Although memory loss is the most common symptom, others include confusion, lack of orien
10 Early Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s & Dementia
1. Recent memory loss that affects job skills
2. Difficulty performing familiar tasks
3. Problems with language
4. Disorientation of time and place
5. Poor or decreased judgment
6. Problems with abstr
Computer Use and Exercise May Fight Memory Loss
Using a computer may protect against memory loss late in life, as long as you also make sure to exercise, a new study suggests.
In the study, which included older adults, computer use and exercise red