Learning and sharing information to support loved ones with Alzheimer's and Dementia--
5 Reasons the Nursing Home may be the Best Choice for Your loved one with Alzheimer’s and Your Family – by Dane Cross Deciding to check an Alzheimer’s sufferer into a nursing home or care home is a hard decision that many have to face. Fortunately, there are many advantages to both family and patient [...]
A few reminders for the Nursing Home or Assisted Living facility When choosing a “group home,” Nursing Home, Assisted Living facility or other residence for our loved one with Alzheimer’s or Dementia, we usually have a long list of requirements that we expect to find there. Below are a few essentials that generally aren’t remembered [...]
A Nursing Home or Assisted Living Facility- Which will you choose? There are many choices to make when your loved one is no longer able to live in their own home or with a family member. I know how disheartening and sad it can be when your loved one has to be moved to an [...]
What happens when the nursing home asks you to stay away for a week…maybe more? When it happened to me, I took offense. I didn’t tell them I took offense, I smiled and reassured Mom that I’d be back later, knowing full-well that I would not. I would do as they asked and stay away [...]
Two Part Series – Choosing a “Nursing Home” or “Group Home” Part II – Choosing a “Group Home” for Alzheimer’s – Dementia Patient To find all the “Group Homes” in your area may require more than the yellow pages in the phone book, as I did for Nursing Homes. When I was searching for a [...]
Two Part Series – Choosing a Nursing Home or Group Home Part I Choosing a “Nursing Home” for Alzheimer’s or Dementia Patient Choosing a nursing home is a difficult time for Caregiver and Patient alike. Usually, both parties hoped that it would not come to this point. Like everyone else, I intended to take care [...]
If you’ve read the 7 Stages of Alzheimers, you realize there are obvious degrees of decline through this disease. Sometimes the decline is exhilarated by a hospital stay, a surgery, a particular medication, anything out of the ordinary. But the normal progression of this disease is to the last stage, Stage Seven. Then there is [...]
