High Risk of Institutionalization About 5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s Disease and 90% of those are abusive. This is important because this situation puts these patients at higher risk for institutionalization, greater functional decline, and domestic abuse. Up to this point, prescribing medication has been the preferred method for managing and controlling the Behavioral and…
Senior Moments They’re quips we hear often enough. When a companion forgets a well-known nameor when you’ve forgotten where you left your keys: “I’m having a senior moment,” or, “My Alzheimer’s is setting in!” The lapse in memory in itself may be disquieting. After all, no one likes to forget things. However, jests of this…
Memory Clubs for Dementia More and more, dementia patients are being encouraged to join Memory Clubs, a popular and successful form of Reminiscence Therapy. This therapy involves clubs or social groups forming around shared and intense interests in which participants may discuss their opinions, experiences and feelings. The focus of these groups could be sports…
Behavioral & Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) Many people think of dementia impacting cognitive impairment, like memory loss and attention, but dementia is not just memory loss. However, there are behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) that occur in about 90 percent of dementia patients. Moreover, these non-cognitive symptoms are equally important to the syndrome…