The holidays are often a joyous time filled with celebrations, and experts say tailoring activities to the changing abilities of family members living with…
As we kick off the holiday season with Thanksgiving, we revisit past wisdom from caregiving consultant Linda Jenkins about how to celebrate the holidays…
Adapting to the physical, cognitive and behavioral changes associated with dementia is key to living well — and making a home environment safer and…
Dementia can be anxiety-provoking for both the people living with it and their loved ones and caretakers. People new to caregiving or to neurodegenerative…
Maggie Ellis, a senior lecturer at St. Andrews University, is currently studying a method of communication used with nonverbal individuals for its applications in…
Caregiving for a person who is nearing the end of their dementia journey is a challenging role, whether someone is doing it professionally or…
Around the time Martin Philips’s wife Linda stopped speaking, he was puzzled by a new behavior. Linda, who had been diagnosed with Lewy body…
It is the year 2022, and a robot from the not-so-distant future has traveled back in time. Unlike Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator, the robot does…
“When my wife becomes agitated, I’ll put Diva in her lap and ask her to get a tangle out of Diva’s fur,” John says. “The minute I place Diva in her lap, Judy calms down and she can sit for long periods of time, peacefully picking at the tangle.”
One of the earliest signs of dementia are personality changes, occurring before other symptoms like memory loss become apparent. Brain cells in regions of…
Earlier this year, when the House of Memories mobile museum visited a Liverpool nursing home, an older woman with dementia who had become withdrawn…
Inevitably, dementia affects a person’s identity, and it can take time to come to terms with some of the changes along the way. For…
If you have access to a garden — be it a community garden, local botanical gardens, try it out this Earth Day. Even just…
Family members who care for a loved one with dementia often experience chronic stress, anxiety and depression. Psychological research into mindfulness remains a fairly…
My sister and I shared caregiving responsibilities for my mother, and I know from experience that while those of us with a caregiving team…