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The diagnosis of “dementia” automatically presents a lot of questions that have to be answered, and many tasks that must be done. If a loved one has been diagnosed with dementia, one of the biggest questions you may have is whether or not a memory care ...
Stop us if this sounds familiar. You’re a caregiver of a loved one, and in the past you had enjoyed going out with friends, inviting neighbors over for dinner, maybe even participating in some clubs. But as time goes by, you’ve started withdrawing from ...
You’ve noticed for some time that something seems a little “off” with Mom or Dad. Maybe she took a wrong turn on her nightly walk and got lost because she couldn’t remember what road to take. Or your dad forgot to pay the electricity bill and it was shut ...
Families are complicated, and when a parent is diagnosed with a dementia like Alzheimer’s disease, those complications can turn into big conflicts that make a stressful time even more difficult. Oftentimes, long-standing issues can bubble up, causing ...
“There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to memory care,” says Nat Grim, Executive Director of Bridges® by EPOCH at Mashpee. “Every individual’s journey is different, which is why the best care plans incorporate a variety of different techniques and ...
What can we do to reduce our risk of dementia? It’s a question that medical professionals, researchers and aging adults are all asking. Although we don’t have any definitive answers yet, we are uncovering many different factors that we can affect to help ...
Love Conquers All at Bridges® by EPOCH at Sudbury
For better or worse – this was the vow that Vreny and Buddy took 58 years ago. They’ve been by each other’s side through everything, from richer or poorer and in sickness and in health, they vowed to ...
Alicia Seaver is the Vice President of Memory Care Operations for EPOCH Senior Living and a Certified Memory Impairment Specialist. Every month, she addresses a specific issue related to memory and memory care. If you’re interested in hearing about a ...
Sometimes in life, it feels like we do a lot of planning. Planning to go on a vacation, planning what we’ll do on the weekend, planning what our life will look like once we’re retired and have all the time in the world to do what we want. Planning for ...
What does it feel like to have dementia? That’s a question that researchers, scientists and family members of loved ones have asked time and time again. What is really going on in the mind of the person? How do they view the world? Do they understand ...
When your loved one has a type of dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease, communicating with them can be challenging. Because the progressive nature of dementia slowly erodes their abilities including communication skills, your loved one’s expressions and ...
Dementia is a disease that doesn’t affect just one person. It ripples out to touch the lives of friends, family and loved ones, too. In fact, experts have taken to calling immediate family the “second victim of dementia” or the “invisible ...