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“This Story Needs to Be Shared: A Drug-Induced Dementia?” by Ellen Belk
“A Drug-Induced Dementia? Our Family Ordeal with an Over-Medicated Elder” is Ellen Belk’s powerful story of her father, whose “precautionary trip to the emergency room” following a fall in the bathroom...
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Keeping People with Dementia Active Through Music
Editor’s Note: Here is the outline of a presentation I’m giving on using music as an activity with people who have Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. It’s geared to professional caregivers, but...
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Infographic on Alzheimer’s Disease and Home Safety
Editor’s note: Thanks to Griswold Home Care for this valuable guide to key safety issues facing those affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Note that a common symptom is agnosia, an...
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Dementia Communication Strategies (INFOGRAPHIC) by Alyssa Chan
Editor’s Note: The following post was originally published by OpenPlacement, a California healthcare company. I’m sharing it here because I like the focus on finding positive ways to communicate with...
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New Coping Strategy for the Memory Impaired and Their Caregivers
One of my best tools as a caregiver is the practice of mindfulness. I mention mindfulness today because I’ve just read about a study of mindfulness training as a way to help people with early-stage...
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Dementia Talk
Editor’s note: What’s the most popular post on Joyous Paradox, my elder-care blog? How to Say Hello to Someone with Alzheimer’s Disease ranks way at the top. As a professional caregiver, I’ve had the...
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Dementia Talk #2: Props
How can we bring lightness and pleasure to our interactions with people with dementia? I like to use props, which can be any durable object suitable for show-and-tell. Introducing a new object to a...
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Dementia Talk #3: Walks
Map of Charity Walks and Races 2015 Editor’s note: “As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good,” said poet Maya Angelou, an eloquent supporter of research to end Alzheimer’s and...
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