
8 Care Tips to Boost Holiday Joy
DEMENTIA & HOLIDAY PLANS: Relatives with dementia may be frail or have special emotional, mental and physical health needs. Check out these ways to help them enjoy the holiday season.

DEMENTIA & HOLIDAY PLANS: Relatives with dementia may be frail or have special emotional, mental and physical health needs. Check out these ways to help them enjoy the holiday season.

DIAGNOSIS VIDEO: Recognize the 10 early signs of dementia. Watch this engaging, clear presentation by Dementia Care Trainer Teepa Snow.

BETTER MOOD: In dementia, the brain loses abilities. This changes personality and behavior. Use this tip sheet’s suggestions to better understand, cope and manage the changes.

HOLIDAY TIPS: Celebrating at home or planning a visit? These important dementia-care tips can help make your holiday season the best possible.

HOLIDAYS & DEMENTIA: Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness. People with Alzheimer’s need a special touch. See four dementia tips.

HOME DESIGN: Use this safety checklist for living at home with dementia. It can alert you to potential hazards.

Teepa Snow shows the audience how to approach and communicate with someone who has dementia.

HOLIDAY TIPS: Getting together for a holiday meal can cause a person with Alzheimer’s confusion and anxiety. Get 10 tips to make the holiday more easy and pleasurable.

VIDEO & ARTICLE – CARE TIPS:
This season is filled with family and friends, laughter and reminiscing. Learn ways to prevent dementia’s stress, frustration, and loneliness. Fill the holiday with joy.

There are over 80 types of dementia besides Alzheimer’s. Teepa Snow, dementia expert, explains why knowing the right type is so important and why so few people with dementia really do.

As little as 1% increase in deep-sleep per year, for people over 60, translates into a 27% decreased risk of dementia.

NEW RESEARCH: A diabetes medication already helping millions, called Jardiance, improves memory, strengthens blood flow, and supports overall brain health in pre- and early Alzheimer’s.

Every evening, I turn my worries over to God. He’s going to be up all night anyway.

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?

An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?
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