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8 Ways To Help A Family Member With Alzheimer’s Thrive

"While scientists work hard to find a cure for Alzheimer’s, here are eight ways to help a family member experiencing any form or stage of dementia:"

Communicating as Alzheimer’s and dementia progress | Columnia Tribune

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"My grandfather is currently living with dementia and communicating with him has become challenging. When we’re helping him get ready for the day or prepare for a meal, we often give him visuals when he is having a difficult time telling us what he wants. Seeing items can help him recall things easier than trying to recall them by memory. Having patience and listening closely are also important in helping him maintain dignity while navigating the disease."

Frustrated by lack of dementia care options, Twin Cities family decides to build their own | Star Tribune

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"Almost from the moment Jerry Parks was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, he began changing the status quo. He was 56 at the time, and about a decade younger than all but 5 percent of those with dementia. At the adult day center he attended, Parks insisted the staff stop reading the newspaper out loud to him and others when they were perfectly capable of reading it themselves. Parks became an activist. He met with lawmakers, spoke at national gatherings of the Alzheimer’s Association and pushed for better Social Security disability benefits for people with various forms of dementia."

How to care for yourself when you’re caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease | NBC News

"t doesn’t take a huge stretch of the mind to understand why caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease is challenging — especially when that someone is a loved one. It can be physically taxing work, particularly in later stages of the disease when the person needs more and more help with daily functioning. The disease progresses, so care strategies that may work one day may need to be re-written the next."

What to Do if You — or a Loved One — Has Dementia | Barrons

"Ask people about what they worry might happen later in life, and dementia often ranks high on the list. The disease can have a far-reaching impact on a person’s independence, family, and retirement plans. But there are steps people can take to help, ideally before a diagnosis, but even after."

Physical Frailty Associated With Symptoms of Dementia, Caregiver Burden in Alzheimer Disease | Psychiatry Advisor

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"Physical frailty may exacerbate the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BSPD) in patients with Alzheimer disease, and also increase caregiver burden, per study data published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry."

My mom has dementia. How can I keep her engaged? | Jewish News of Northern California

"My mom is in her early 70s and has been diagnosed with advancing Alzheimer’s disease. She is very fit and lives at home with caregivers helping her. She seems very bored with her limited activities and is starting to exhibit undesirable behaviors of aggression and agitation. Do you have any suggestions to make her life more meaningful and less dull? "

Ask Ann Cannon: Losing my husband of 50 years was hard. So is the idea that now I’m somehow better off | The Salt Lake Tribune

"My husband of 50 years passed away shortly before Christmas this year. He’d had Alzheimer’s and naturally everyone — family and friends both — views his death as a blessing. They’re not wrong. Alzheimer’s is a terrible, terrible disease. I wouldn’t wish it on anybody. And, because I was my husband’s primary caregiver, the past few years have been unbelievably challenging."

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