35 Questions to Ask When Searching for a Care Facility …….in no particular order by Shelley Webb and Tonia Boterf Exactly what services are offered? How often does the staff change or turn over? How many R.N.s are available on each unit and on each shift. Do they utilize LPNs /LVNs ? Who administers the medications? What [...]
It’s no secret that communicating with parents who suffer from dementia is difficult, especially in the latter stages of the disease. So what can we do to communicate our love to a person who may not even remember who we are? The answer may be to look at ways in which they expressed their love to [...]
Media at the scene where a 66 year old woman wandered and froze to death. Credit: Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail Last night, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a 66 year woman who had been suffering from dementia froze to death because she wandered from her home and was not found in time. That’s right…………..she froze [...]
There are many needs that go unanswered in our world. There are millions of people who go without food or water; children who go without the love and care of parents (either because of parental neglect or because their parents have died of diseases such as cancer and AIDS); people who are denied access to healthcare due [...]
Hi everyone, This is a press release that I received today and wanted to share. It is centered around those diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment AND their caregivers. WSU Awarded Alzheimer’s Association Grant to Test New Intervention Source Contacts: Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe, WSU College of Liberal Arts, 509-335-0170, schmitter-e@wsu.edu; Dennis Dyck, WSU Spokane, 509-358-7618, dyck@wsu.edu; Joel Loiacono, [...]
Today is World Alzheimer’s Day – a day to bring attention to the world about this dreaded disease that still has no cure. It is estimated that by the year 2030, the number of people with dementia will double and that by 2050, it will TRIPLE. Dementia costs the world $604 billion a year. [...]
This past couple of years, I’ve noticed many new assisted living facilities being built in the area in which I live. These are gorgeous properties with beautiful amenities throughout that have been placed there by designers hired to make them look like “home”. It wasn’t until I began looking at them as a means of [...]
For many people, the start of a new year brings a resolve to eat more healthy. One of the ways that we can do this is by choosing to add foods to our diet and that of our loved ones that are healthy in and of themselves. Some of the best “heart healthy” foods are fatty fish [...]
If you’ve been following me for awhile, you KNOW that the majority of these goals are about taking care of yourself. Yes, I know I’m being repetitative, but you can’t take care of anyone else effectively unless you take care of yourself first. Remember……YOUR oxygen mask goes on first ! 1. Learn to take [...]
According to Dr. Sharon K. Inouye and her colleagues at Yale University School of Medicine, more than 2 million older Americans will develop develop delirium and functional decline during a hospitalization. This could result in increased mortality and morbidity, longer hospital stays due to complications or a transferred to a long-term care facility. With that in [...]
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