Learning and sharing information to support loved ones with Alzheimer's and Dementia--
The Sponge Bath is no fun for the Patient or the Caregiver, especially if you’re bathing a family member of the opposite sex. Sometimes it’s down-right embarrassing for both. Adding a Bidet to your commode could be the solution you’re searching for. You can read the full article for Sponge Bathing an elderly or late-stage [...]
When choosing clothes for my Mom I tried to think “comfort” first– and then “practicality.” In early stages of Dementia, she chose her own wardrobe but in later stages of Alzheimer’s or Dementia, I had to choose what she’d wear. The Dementia patient loses a sense of the seasons and often wants to wear a [...]
When we think of failing memory, we think of lost car keys or forgotten doctor’s appointments, but loss of memory from Alzheimer’s is much more. Stored in our memory are hundreds of little things we do every day without realizing that memory is involved at all. Many things we assume will never be forgotten because [...]
