Medication for Seniors

Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia – When is Alzheimer's Medication Appropriate?

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Many families want to know when is the right time to begin using Alzheimer’s medications. Although Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are not part of normal aging, senior citizens are more likely than not to show signs of these illnesses as they get older. Let’s face it; there are no known cures for Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia related illnesses. Yet, Alzheimer’s medication is available to help slow down the disease, and to relieve some of…

Applewood Our House Memory Care 2020

The Benefits of Early Stage Memory Care – Why Treating Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Quickly Is Essential

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The benefits of early stage memory care are understood by the families of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease patients. They are confronted with challenges that always require specialized attention and care for each individual. Doctors and researchers have worked painstakingly hard in unlocking the secrets behind Alzheimer’s disease, and other related types of dementia. This includes methods of trying to slow down the disease, developing tests to determine who might develop Alzheimer’s, and attempting to find…

Benefits of Children for Alzheimer's Patients

Benefits of Children for Alzheimer's Patients

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The benefits of children for Alzheimer’s patients are often overlooked by families caring for a loved one with the illness. Some families tend to shelter their children from an elderly grandfather or grandmother. They feel that children shouldn’t be forced to see the decline of an elderly person. Unfortunately, parents who feel this way are missing out on a golden opportunity to help their kids cope with understanding Alzheimer’s disease, and they are denying the…

How to Pay for Long Term Care

How to Pay for Long Term Care – The Cost of Caring for Senior Loved Ones

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In this article, we will discuss how to pay for long term care. When seniors are unable to care for themselves and carry out daily tasks, it might be time to implement long-term memory care. The inability for seniors to remain independent depends on how long they can remain injury and illness free. Long-term memory care for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia patients usually make up the majority of long-term health care patients. It is designed…

IN2L Training - It's Never 2 Late

IN2L Comes to Applewood Our House – Learn Why It's Never Too Late with This New Technology

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  IN2L Comes to Applewood Our House. Computer systems for seniors have been difficult for many of the elderly to grasp in the past. This is because companies and people were using standard computers to train seniors at a slower pace. Under those circumstances, many seniors were reluctant to try or stay with a program. However, since technology has quickly advanced, seniors can now learn what is important for them at the touch of a…

Pet therapy for residents at Applewood

Pet Therapy for Alzheimer's Patients – The Health Benefits That Pets Can Provide Senior Citizens

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    At each of our Applewood Our House locations, the inclusion of pets into the daily lives of our residents, is very important to us.  We have a house dog at each location and some of our caregiver staff also bring their dogs to work with them.  Pets can really help our residents who suffer from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is an incurable form of dementia. It vastly decreases the mental…