
Redesigning a Home for Dementia Care
DESIGN: See this video packed with great examples of home design for dementia. These insights can make a world of difference.

DESIGN: See this video packed with great examples of home design for dementia. These insights can make a world of difference.

“WHAT TIME IS IT?” Repetitive questions from dementia trigger frustration and anxiety in caregiver and patient. At a loss as to how to deal with it? Check out these UCLA Health tips.

VIDEO ON SUNDOWNING: See UCLA’s Dementia Care Program deal with end-of-day agitation and irritability, known as “Sundowning”. A caregiver asks, “My loved one’s behavior tends to get worse when the sun starts to go down. He appears exhausted and restless. What can I do to get him through this time of the day?”

Teepa Snow is the best of all the recognized experts on how to work with dementia patients. See her demonstrate how to engage people in early and mid-stage Alzheimer’s.

Tooth brushing in dementia can involve a number of tricky details. Anticipating needs is all it takes to make it easy to brush teeth. See dozens of tips to help people with dementia keep their mouth, breath and teeth clean and fresh.

This isn’t any ordinary garden! It’s home to a very special group of people living well with Alzheimer’s.

Refusal to bathe is common in people with dementia. Here are a dozen simple techniques to make bathing easier.

Lighting affects how people feel. The right light reduces agitation and improves mood in people with dementia.

A person with dementia can experience hallucinations when the regions of the brain responsible for interpreting sights and sounds are affected. Here are ways to deal with it.

Teresa Youngstrom is a registered nurse. She offers a quick tip for caregivers, friends and family when visiting or living with someone with dementia to help smooth the way. Watch now.

POLICE DASH CAM VIDEO + ARTICLE:
See a man with Alzheimer’s driving 60 MPH (100kph) at police, against traffic, on New Year’s. Learn how-and-when to help a person with Alzheimer’s hand in the car keys.

VIDEO+ARTICLE CARE TIP: Midnight snacks are great on New Year’s Eve and even greater on midnight dementia-care shifts. Learn how late-night munchies solved a nurse’s wandering & behavior problems.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. (Lao Tzu)

It is one of the most beautiful Compensations of this life thatNo man can sincerely try to help anotherWithout helping himself.

What are the early symptoms of Alzheimer’s? When to get a professional evaluation.

SHORT-TERM MEMORY lapses are obvious signs of Alzheimer’s, but other tell-tale signals begin to show much earlier. Learn how to look for semantic impairments, such as simple questions about size.

Three important dementia studies focus on HS-AGING, a type of dementia almost as common as Alzheimer’s in the 85+ group. Yet few people have heard of it. Why? What makes it different?
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