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Memory Care vs. Aging in Place: What’s Best?

Memory Care vs. Aging in Place: What’s Best?

When it comes to memory care, aging in place isn’t something that people automatically think about, since those with memory issues often require a great deal of care and assistance. However, there can be opportunities for individuals to age in place, ...
Tips To Help Manage Day-to-Day Life with Alzheimer’s

Tips To Help Manage Day-to-Day Life with Alzheimer’s

Caring for a loved one with dementia is a task that becomes progressively more involved as time goes on. Eventually, your loved one will need the assistance of a caregiver (such as yourself). Beyond helping with medicines and taking care of doctor’s ...
How To Share Your Memory Loss Diagnosis with Others

How To Share Your Memory Loss Diagnosis with Others

A diagnosis of dementia is life-changing and difficult. If you’ve recently been diagnosed with a cognitive disease, you may be feeling a wide variety of emotions. Guilt, anger, denial and even relief are common emotions that you may be feeling at this ...
6 Habits for Lowering Your Chances of Developing Dementia

6 Habits for Lowering Your Chances of Developing Dementia

We don’t yet know what causes dementia, nor do we yet have a cure, but great advancements have been made in science and research over the past decades. One of the most important things we have discovered is that our lifestyle can greatly affect our ...
What People With Dementia Want You To Know

What People With Dementia Want You To Know

When someone you love is diagnosed with dementia, it’s normal for family members and caregivers to become overwhelmed. There are endless ups and downs, with good days and bad days. There are times when your loved one behaves normally, and then suddenly ...
Dementia vs. Alzheimer’s: The Biggest Differences

Dementia vs. Alzheimer’s: The Biggest Differences

When speaking about memory loss and cognitive decline, many people will use the words “dementia” and “Alzheimer’s” interchangeably. This can lead to confusion, misconceptions and misunderstandings about these two very different terms, says Dawn Maligno, ...
Warning Signs That Forgetfulness Is “Something More”

Warning Signs That Forgetfulness Is “Something More”

Everybody forgets things from time to time. In fact, as we get older, forgetfulness can be a part of daily life. After all, if you’ve lived for a long time, you’ve got a lot of information packed into your brain. It just makes sense that, sometimes, you ...
Explaining a Dementia Diagnosis to Children and Teens

Explaining a Dementia Diagnosis to Children and Teens

A diagnosis of dementia can be hard to talk about, especially when you need to explain to younger members of the family what’s going on with Grandma or Grandpa. You may be considering shielding children from the truth about what’s happening to their ...
Driving and Dementia

Driving and Dementia

Driving is something that most of us do every day without thinking. It may seem to you like something you can do without thought. However, driving is an incredibly complex task that requires quick manual skills, fast reaction times and complex, ...
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