Dementia and Dehydration: Potential Links, Risk Factors, and Tips To Stay Hydrated
If your senior loved one is experiencing the life-changing effects of dementia, then you know how seemingly small variations in one’s activities and environment…
If your senior loved one is experiencing the life-changing effects of dementia, then you know how seemingly small variations in one’s activities and environment…
There’s so much to think about when you’re helping a loved one prepare to enter a memory care community. You want to make their…
Sudden mood changes and feelings of depression, anxiety, and loneliness — you’re beginning to go through these more often, and your family and friends…
Living with a feeding tube can sometimes be difficult to navigate, especially if you’re an elderly person who’s interested in an assisted living community. …
It can start with an almost undetectable quiver of a hand. Then you notice difficulty in day-to-day tasks. Before you know it, you’re faced…
Diabetes is a complex, often misunderstood medical condition. There are a lot of factors that go into managing diabetes in the elderly and figuring…
You may have noticed some recent subtle or not-so-subtle mental, physical, and emotional changes in your parent’s health condition or behaviors, and they now…
How To Navigate Driving and Dementia You’re starting to notice more scrapes and dents on your dad’s car. You’re worried that he recently got…
Do your joints ever feel stiff? Are your muscles experiencing weakness? Does dizziness or loss of balance ever interrupt your day? It may be…
Loneliness often feels like an unfinished puzzle, missing the last piece that completes the entire picture. It leaves you feeling incomplete and unsettled, making…
The stress of moving a loved one to a memory care facility can be heavy. Caring for them yourself feels like you’re moving through…
Dementia grief comes in stages, often bringing about heavy and lonely feelings — for many, it’s a rollercoaster ride of emotions. Witnessing life when…