Searching through bins, cabinets, and closets, taking out odds and ends from drawers, and sorting repetitively through a variety of items may be frustrating for…
Dementia Care Tip: How to Help Manage Rummaging Behaviors
June 19, 2020
Category: Alzheimer’s & Dementia Care St. Louis
The Disease That Mimics Alzheimer’s: LATE Dementia
May 12, 2020
An individual who displays loss of memory, confusion, poor judgment, repetition, and problems with performing daily activities has the distinguishing signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s…
Using Journaling in Alzheimer’s Caregiving for Better Results
April 13, 2020
Alzheimer’s caregiving is a fluid, ever-evolving undertaking. One day may be calm and peaceful, with the individual taking pleasure in activities, eating healthy meals, and…
Managing Incontinence with Alzheimer’s Disease
March 19, 2020
Dementia care involves both empathy and creativity to manage a number of complex behaviors and effects, and that is particularly true with regards to incontinence,…
Agitation, A Common Challenge of Dementia, Can Be Minimized with These 5 Easy Tips
February 17, 2020
Agitation is one of the more difficult challenges of dementia, and can be incredibly complex for family members to manage. It is important to take…
Understanding How Alzheimer’s Affects Vision and Tips for Overcoming the Challenges
February 11, 2020
The complexity of steps needed to enable us to see are mind-boggling. Within the blink of an eye, our brains can easily take transmitted details…
Dementia Caregivers: Find Relief Through Laughter!
January 10, 2020
Looking after a person you love with dementia is certainly not something to laugh about. Nonetheless, research is increasingly pointing towards the benefits of humor, and…
The New Alzheimer’s Treatment Everyone Is Talking About
December 16, 2019
After sixteen long years without having any truly viable treatment plans for Alzheimer’s, there’s some optimism on the horizon, in a stunning reversal on the…
5 Things That Can Worsen Signs of Alzheimer’s
October 11, 2019
While there are certain commonalities, Alzheimer’s disease impacts each individual uniquely. Specially trained dementia caregivers from Continuum, the experts in home health care in St….
Alzheimer’s Risk Factors: Why Women Are More at Risk
September 16, 2019
Scientists are at long last starting to get a handle on the discrepancy between Alzheimer’s diagnoses in women and men. At this time, up to…