Category: Memory Care and Alzheimer’s

June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness and discuss the important topic of cognitive decline. Throughout the month, the Alzheimer’s Association encourages global support for the movement by wearing purple, along with promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors that can help reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

It is very important for family members who have a loved one living with dementia to know some strategies that can be used to calm them and provide support when agitation or even aggressiveness occurs. Let’s look at 5 effective ways to help older loved ones work through these difficult emotions.

Let’s look at multiple warning signs that your older loved one may be developing some level of cognitive impairment.

Learn more about the signs of Dementia and Alzheimers in the Elderly

Learn more about the the symptoms of Sundowning and how to manage this disease

Learn more about how being physically active impacts physical and emotional health in older adults.

Discover how children and grandchildren can be more knowledgeable to Dementia and Alzheimer's

Learn about the benefits of helping older people with dementia or Alzheimer’s get outside and interact with the beauty of nature