Elderly Care

Quality of care is essential in all long-term-care facilities and environments, and most especially in the care of dementia patients. Nurse's assistants, often called nurse's aides, spend the most...

Dementia care for assisted living communities is becoming a popular alternative to nursing homes. A person diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's disease often has no physical disability until the...

Being a caregiver for a person with cognitive problems can be very challenging and stressful. Having family members, friends or being a caregiver for someone with autism, down syndrome, dementia,...

The combination of an increased aging population, terminal illnesses such as cancer, and the capability of modern life-support technology to prolong living has resulted in a number of studies...

Caring for an individual with dementia can present a number of challenges to the caregiver. Dementia may cause the individual to exhibit behaviors that seem strange and irrational. Dementia also...

Dementia or senility is a decline of mental function such as memory, judgment and ability to learn. Typically, dementia occurs with people over 65, and at least 4 million people in the United...

Hearing the doctor give the diagnosis of dementia for a loved one is difficult. Several stages follow over time, beginning with things like forgetting where the keys are or what they went into a...

When parents age, it is one of the most difficult and challenging times in life. Suddenly, the caring individuals who took care of their children for many years are in need of their own children....

A loved one or friend whom has developed a form of dementia is often difficult to visit with. Memories which are no longer clear may provoke discomfort for all parties involved. In changing the...