Welcome to the January newsletter!
Dementia Friendly Home: 4 Ways to Make Things Easier to See
Everyday tasks are often challenging for people with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
But small changes at home can have a big impact in making their life easier.
As the disease progresses, your older adult will have increasing difficulty remembering, thinking, processing, and reasoning.
7 Ways to Reduce Dementia Sundowning Symptoms
Many people with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia get increasingly confused, anxious, and agitated later in the day.
Others may have disrupted sleep schedules or restlessness at night.
These sundowning symptoms are disruptive and difficult to manage. They’re also stressful and negatively affect your older adult’s quality of life.
10 Ways to Respond to Dementia Hallucinations in Seniors
Dementia causes changes in the brain that may cause someone to hallucinate – see, hear, feel, or taste something that isn’t there. Their brain is distorting or misinterpreting the senses.
And even if it’s not real, the hallucination is very real to the person experiencing it.