The Diary of An Alzheimer's Caregiver
Appreciate the good, laugh at the crazy, and deal with the rest!
Good posture is like eating your vegetables. You know it’s important and can help with your overall health and wellbeing but you may not know exactly how it helps or how to implement those habits into your everyday life. Attaining good posture is similar to creating any healthy habit — it requires focus and energy…
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Part of caring for patients with Alzheimer’s is understanding their background. Being able to have a simple case history of their previous years, their interests, hobbies, or even their personal struggles can help in the process of health maintenance and recovery. Many would often categorize Alzheimer’s patients in one cookie-cutter profile, but a few would…
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No matter your age, it is extremely important to take care of yourself and stay on top of your health. The earlier you discover that something is wrong or abnormal regarding your personal health, the sooner you can take the appropriate steps toward healing. This becomes even truer as you enter the middle-age stage of…
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While this article exposes the relationship between alcohol and dementia, it is important to first have a basic understanding of dementia, its causes, and symptoms as well as taking a closer look at alcohol and its relationship with dementia. Basically, dementia is a generic term that is used to describe a mental disorder that is…
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Regular, nutritious meals are essential for good health at any age, but may become a challenge for people with Alzheimer’s. It’s a condition which affects people differently, resulting in various nutritional challenges. For example, 58% of people with dementia forget to eat, while 54% forget they’ve already eaten and then eat again, a study by Nutricia Advanced…
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Choosing the right nursing home is definitely not for the faint of heart. The weight of that responsibility is huge and sometimes even with your very best intentions the wrong place is chosen. I’ve learned a lot about the nursing home industry in the last few months and it scares me to death. I’ve learned…
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