How to talk to dementia patients

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In the real world, we communicate in the same way we always have. This doesn't work well in Alzheimer's World. This is especially true if we allow recurrent behaviors common to Alzheimer's patients to get us angry, frustrated, and stressed.

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Learning How to Communicate with Someone Living with Alzheimer's

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Dealing with Cargiver Stress and Burnout

Dealing with anxiety and stress is one of the biggest problems that we face as caregivers for those living with dementia.

The cumulative affects of anxiety and stress often lead to caregiver depression. This is like a "deep sadness" that overwhelms us. Caregiver burden is one of the biggest challenges we face.

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Caregiver Stress

Custom Search Dementia Care

Search more than 5,000 for answers and solutions to the dementia care problems you face each day.

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Dementia Care

You will find articles and information like the following.

1. The Role of Relationship Change in Dementia Care
2. When Dementia Care is "Good Enough"
3. Dementia Care and End of Life Issues
4. Dementia Care - Routine and the Importance of the First Action of the Day
5. Attachment and Connectedness in Dementia Care

You will also be able to search more than 5,000 articles that provide advice and solutions to the kinds of problems you face each day.

Village Allows Dementia Patients To Lead Normal Lives

A Dutch village allows patients living with dementia to live their lives normally.

From the outside, Hogewey, located in the Netherlands, seems like any other village. It has a small grocery store, a theater and various restaurants and shops. But its residents all have dementia, and the town itself is actually a care facility. It was created with the aim to offer people with the disease care while giving them autonomy in their lives.

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Fully Equipped Village Allows Dementia Patients To Lead Normal, Independent Lives

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Answers to the Problems You Face in Dementia Care

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Dementia Care Finding Simple Solutions to Problems

Alzheimer's caregivers find it difficult to deal with behaviors that come along with Alzheimer's disease.

Sometimes it is best to find a simple solution to an ongoing problem.

Source - Dementia Care Finding Simple Solutions to Problems

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16 Things I Would Want, If I Get Dementia

If I get dementia, I’d like my family to hang this wish list up on the wall where I live.

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How to Become a Dementia Detective

As corny as it sounds, the best way to help the person you’re caring for is to become a “Dementia Detective.”

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Alzheimer's disease education tools and communication

A reader searching Google using the following keywords

alzheimer's disease education tools and communication

was directed to the following article in the Alzheimer's Reading Room.

Dementia - Articles and Information

The earliest signs of dementia include memory problems, confusion, and changes in the way a person behaves and communicates.

• What is Dementia?
• Delirium Versus Dementia
• Alzheimer's, Dementia, and Types of Dementia
• Dementia and Eight Types of Dementia
• Difficulties in Diagnosing Dementia by Type
• Dementia, Symptoms, Signs, Causes

To read those articles and learn more about Dementia follow the link below.

9 Types of Dementia

Can Dementia Turn Into Alzheimer's?

Two of the most frequently asked questions are: does dementia turn into Alzheimer's; and, what is the difference between dementia and Alzheimer's?

Alzheimer's disease is a type of dementia. There are many types of dementia but Alzheimer's is the most common.

For a good explanation of the difference between dementia and Alzheimer's read the following article.

What's the Difference Between Alzheimer's and Dementia?

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Where Can I Find Information About Alzheimer's Disease?

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What is a Geriatric Care Manager?

Geriatric Care Managers (GCMs) are trained social workers or nurses who help families caring for persons living with Alzheimer's or dementia.

They can:

• discuss difficult topics and complex issues
• help address emotional concerns
• make short- and long-term plans
• evaluate in-home care needs
• select care personnel
• coordinate medical services
• evaluate alternative living arrangements
• provide caregiver stress relief

Can general anesthesia worsen dementia

Exposure to general anesthesia could increase the risk of dementia in elderly by 35 percent.

The older brain may be less resilient and more susceptible to long lasting cognitive changes due to anesthesia.

Does Anesthesia Cause Dementia or Memory Loss in the Elderly?

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Dying from Alzheimer's and Dementia

Since individuals with advanced dementia cannot report their symptoms, these symptoms often are untreated, leaving them vulnerable to pain, difficulty breathing and various other conditions.

"We shouldn't allow these people to suffer. We should be providing palliative care to make them more comfortable in the time they have left."

To learn more about this issue read the following article,

Dying from Dementia -- Dementia Suffering Often Unnecessary

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Mother has dementia and is mean

One common question or theme that occurs in the emails I receive is the question -- how do you deal with Alzheimer's patients who say "mean things". 

In others words, how to deal with these challenging behaviors.

I understand how much the meanness can hurt. It happened to me for many years. It kept happening even though I was trying as hard as I could to reverse it.

Is there a test for dementia or alzheimer's

Every four seconds someone new is diagnosed with dementia. And more and more people are asking - is there a test for dementia or alzheimer's?

The best person to ask this question to is your personal physician.

However, if you are looking for a good Alzheimer's or dementia assessment test online, there are several free memory tests that are currently available.

Be careful. You should know this first.

You should only use tests that are backed by good, high quality research.

These are assessment test. Not diagnostic test. In order to diagnose Alzheimer's or dementia it takes a long series of test by someone like a nuerologist.

Be aware. There are all kinds of illnesses or diseases that can present as dementia but are in fact curable.

For example, a sluggest thyroid can make you fell dull, tired, and like you are losing your memory. Most times this can be treated effectively with medication.

A round of diagnosis test for dementia would include: blood test, brain scans, and several paper tests and interviews that are designed to pick up on memory loss.

If you are looking for an assessment test for Alzheimer's or a related dementia we suggest this article in the Alzheimer's Reading Room.

Test Your Memory for Dementia in 15 Minutes (SAGE)

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Powerful dementia poems

The following Bing Keyword search  looking for "powerful dementia poems" directed the reader to this poem on the Alzheimer's Reading Room.

Slight Delay Improves Decision Making and Accuracy

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have found that decision-making accuracy can be improved by postponing the onset of a decision by a mere fraction of a second.

The results could further our understanding of neuropsychiatric conditions characterized by abnormalities in cognitive function and lead to new training strategies to improve decision-making in high-stake environments.

How to get a dementia patient to eat and drink

As dementia progresses getting an Alzheimer's patient to eat a nutritious meal, or to eat enough, often becomes a problem for the caregiver.

This problem often causes the dementia care partner to become frustrated, confused, and even angry.

It can also bring on feelings of sadness and hopelessness.

Reading Ability Dementia

Cognitive symptoms of dementia can include poor problem solving, difficulty learning new skills, and impaired decision making.

Behavior changes can include fear, insecurity, anger, and often, depression like symptoms.

Dementia is caused by various diseases and conditions that result in damaged brain cells.

Brain cells can be destroyed by brain diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, or strokes (called vascular or multi-infarct dementia), which decrease blood flow to the brain.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia.

Dementia, Agitation, Memory, Brain and Food

Agitation or aggression can lead to an Alzheimer's patient being placed in a nursing home, or a specialized memory care facility.

I think about this all the time, and I decided to do something about it with Dotty.

Alzheimer's, Agitation, Infection, Pee, and the Full Court Press

Dementia Medications, Combination Therapy and More

Carole Larkin discusses the currently available medications for dementia, contraindications, and side effects.

Considerations for Care Partners and members of the Alzheimer's/Dementia Community

Creating Moments of Joy for the Person with Alzheimer's or Dementia

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Lunesta in Dementia Patients

I learned from the Alzheimer's Action Plan that some medications used to treat Alzheimer's and depression my occasionally cause insomnia, nocturnal delusions, or vivid dreams.

A reader searched Bing using the following keywords

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My Mom is Being Mean to Me

So there I was. I had dropped out of the world to care for my mother, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Could she have said anything meaner, "I don't need you, get out."

It hurt.

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my mom is being mean to me

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How I Stopped My Mother from Being Mean to Me

I couldn't possibly list all of the mean and nutty behaviors my mother, Dotty, engaged in in those first few years of our life together with Alzheimer's. The list is just to long.

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Patients eating from red plates consumed 25 percent more food than those eating from white plates

As Alzheimer's or dementia progress getting a patient to eat a nutritious meal, or to eat enough, can become a problem.