Meals to Help Slow Down Dementia
What to eat, what to eat?: A look at different meals that may carry benefits to slowing cognitive decline for those with dementia Everyday we wake up and one of the first things we do is eat our breakfast. Later on we have some snacks or our lunch, and as the day goes by we eventually make ourselves dinner. We do this because our bodies need energy to keep us going...
What Are The Different Types of Dementia?
This post is the first of many in a series about understanding the various types of dementia and how each one impacts an individual after diagnosis. We acknowledge that there are over 400 different types of dementia, we will be focusing on some of the more common ones as well as some of the not so common dementias that are affecting many people today. In this first post we will...
Home care and/or other housing solutions
Knowing when it is time to use home care and/or other housing solutions It is difficult to know when your loved one needs extra help. It is likely that before your family begins looking for assistance for your parent or loved one, one or many family members are taking on many of the extra tasks that have become necessary for your loved one to live comfortably and safely. These extra responsibilities...
Getting the Home Care Help You Need
It can be stressful taking the first steps towards getting the help you need for your loved one wishing to remain at home. You have likely contemplated long and hard about getting help for your loved one. You might be feeling overwhelmed and extremely stressed regarding bringing in home care. Maybe you're not sure what to do or who to talk to. However, what you do know is that you...
Are You Considering Home Care?
At some point in your life you reach the realization that you are not as young as you used to be and you can’t do it all anymore. So now what? You may be thinking about moving to a retirement residence. A lot of us consider moving to retirement homes because they seem to have it all — activities, the interaction with other people, all your meals cooked for you,...