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20 Easy Ways to Boost Your Memory – Mind Tricks to Help Seniors Remember

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If you or one of your loved ones are getting older, you are probably interested in ways to boost your memory or theirs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, memory loss is usually one of the first signals of other cognitive impairment or decline. Our memory is very important to us. We need our memory to recollect essential parts from our past, whether they occurred a couple of seconds earlier, or years…

Person Centered Care – A Perfect Way to Treat Alzheimer's and Other Dementia

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  Person Centered Care – A Perfect Way to Treat Alzheimer’s and Other Dementia   Person-centered care is a system and philosophy that looks at each individual and helps caregivers to come up with a better way to treat Alzheimer’s and dementia patients. The simple reasoning is that everyone, including the elderly, deserve dignity and the utmost respect. Probably one of the biggest problems with various forms of dementia is communication. Seniors with these symptoms…

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Alzheimer’s Care-giving: Is it Time to Ask for Help?

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Alzheimer’s Care-giving: Is it Time to Ask for Help? Alzheimer’s care-giving is tough for anyone who attempts it. You must learn to be true to the person you are caring for, and you must be true to yourself. There might come a time when the caring that you provide is just not enough. You should never feel too proud to ask for some additional assistance. The question is when is it time to ask for…

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Music Therapy for Seniors with Alzheimer's – Donate if you can to our cause for the Elders

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Music therapy for seniors with Alzheimer’s is possible with a device such as an iPad. Hi, we are working on helping all of our residents have a personal playlist on an iPod with their favorite music to listen to. I sent out an email last night with a YouTube video: This is the shorter version asking for any help getting old iPods to help us with any headsets like you see on the airlines… I…

Alzheimer’s Disease and One Family’s Story

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My John and our years in Alzheimer’s disease. Some have thought John was my dad. The daughters have been asked if he is their grampa. Once John said to me, “Get out of my way old lady.” I told him he shouldn’t go there…He does look older after six years of the disease, white hair, thin, head down, but then he sees someone, his eyes open wide, a slight smile, then it’s gone. I always…

11 Signs It's Time for Assisted Living

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  In this article, we will discuss 11 signs it’s time for assisted living for your loved one. When you are taking care of a family, there might come a time when you need a helping hand. Caring can become a full time job, and the mental and physical responsibilities can become overbearing. In addition, you also need to think about senior’s safety, and ask yourself if they are getting the proper medical care that…