How to Create a Safe and Comfortable Home Environment for Seniors
As individuals age, it can become increasingly important to ensure that their home environment is safe and comfortable. This can involve making modifications to the home, as well as implementing practices that promote health and well-being. By creating a safe and comfortable home environment, seniors can maintain their independence and quality of life. Assessing the Home Environment The first step in creating a safe and comfortable home environment for seniors is to...
Forgetfulness and Confusion
This is our third blog in a series on behaviours. Forgetfulness and confusion in the later stages of the disease, will present itself as your loved one not being able to remember familiar faces, places, names, or things. In the earlier stages of the disease, it may be mild, and the person may have trouble remembering recent events making decisions or processing what is said by others. They may even...
Anger and Aggression
Many of us are dealing with loved ones who have dementia, be it Alzheimer’s, Lewy Body, Frontotemporal, vascular, or any of the other dementias out there. What has been noticed is that there are several behaviours that present themselves and we have decided to address the most common ones over the next few months in our blogs. These behaviours may present themselves over the course of a few hours a...