Posted on October 22, 2014 by Katy Miller Part 1: Living Environment | Alzheimer’s and Memory Care When you’re making a personal visit to an assisted living community, take every opportunity you have to ask questions about Alzheimer’s and memory care. It may be helpful if you divide your questions between a few main topics:
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Posted on December 23, 2014 by Katy Miller Part Two: Engaging Activities If you’re considering care for a family member who is living with the challenges of Alzheimer’s or another form of memory impairment, the items at the top of your checklist are likely related to finding a safe and healthy living arrangement where your
Posted on March 3, 2015 by Peter Berkowitz Part 3: Staff Training & Education If you’re considering care for a family member who is living with the challenges of Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, one of the most important factors to consider is the training and education provided to their caregivers. It may be
Posted on July 31, 2015 by admin Women are disproportionately affected by Alzheimer’s and the reasons remain unclear. According to the Alzheimer’s Association Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report: Women make up almost two-thirds of American seniors living with Alzheimer’s disease. Among those aged 71 and older, 16 percent of women have Alzheimer’s and other
Posted on June 13, 2017 by Atria Senior Living This year, the summer solstice falls on June 21, which makes it the longest day of 2017. This also marks the date of the Alzheimer’s Association’s annual mid-year event – dubbed ‘The Longest Day’ – to raise awareness of the issue as well as funding to
Posted on November 9, 2017 by Jamie Floyd For caregivers, the approaching holiday season can bring with it a flurry of emotions – not all of them positive. If you are one of the 39 million caregivers in the United States, here are some tips to help you cope with the emotional ups and downs
Posted on February 26, 2018 by Atria Senior Living If you have ever worked in a soup kitchen, donated blood or spent a Saturday afternoon cleaning your local beach or park, you know volunteering is good for you! People enjoy doing things that bring more meaning and purpose to their lives. Older adults are no
Live Life Well Virtual Weekender is the UK’s first ever virtual wellbeing festival in response to COVID-19 and the current national lockdown While life in lockdown may have paused some events for the moment, we’re delighted that the UK’s first online mental health and wellbeing festival, the Live Life Well Virtual Weekender will take place
We share some of the great deeds done, how you can still get involved, and where you can turn if you need a little support right now We’re all in this together has been a sentiment much-shared over recent weeks. While we may not all be in the same boat, undergoing the same experiences, it’s
Model, activist, and entrepreneur, Kenny Ethan Jones is making history as the first trans man to front a period campaign. Here he shares his insight on how we can all be better trans allies Mental health matters to me because… it’s a universal experience. It’s one of the few things that we can all understand,
The campaign lays out three easy tips for dads who want to have the conversation Our teenage years can be bloody difficult. And starting your period is a big moment. But as your body go through immense changes, and you try to navigate this new era in your life, everything gets a little bit easier
Staying in touch with friends and family has never been more important, so how can you keep things exciting? You’ve caught up about another day spent in the house, shown off your pet on camera, and completed your 1,764th pub quiz since lockdown began – there must be something else you can do to stay
‘I’m so OCD when it comes to my baby — all his outfits must match!’ reads the first tweet that comes up after a quick social media search for ‘OCD’.Others reference the disorder as the reason they don’t like having unread notifications on their phone, another for improper grammar use. These posts aren’t hard to find — there are
It’s time to harness the power of music. Follow our five tips to start building your new, ultimate feel-good playlist Music has the ability to completely transform our moods. How many times has an upbeat song come on, and suddenly your feet are tapping, you’re singing along, and the worries that were weighing you down
With restrictions still in place, what do we do if we have to say goodbye to a loved one during lockdown? Lianna Champ, funeral director and bereavement expert, explains more More than ever, we need help to grieve; to try and find an anchor in this new chaos in our lives. In these times of
We know that it has been harder for people to exercise over these last several weeks. Christina Lombardi, DPT PT has put together easy exercises to get you moving at home! Each Wednesday for the next several weeks we will share these exercises with you. Each exercise includes descriptive information and a video to demonstrate
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people everywhere are uncertain about the future of their health, safety, and economic security. A significant concern for many people is affording to buy food or accessing services that provide food. We at GreaterGood are dedicated to assisting in COVID-19 relief efforts in multiple ways. As always, we’re continuing to
Our routines have changed completely since lockdown began, and so have the routines of our canine companions. Trainer and author of ‘Easy Peasy Puppy Squeezy’, Steve Mann, shares how we can all make the most of this extended time inside with our dogs While Happiful usually focuses on the human experience, we’re massive dog lovers
More than just a restless night, insomnia is a sleep disorder that can deeply impact a person’s life. Here, Sassy Smith reveals what it’s really like to experience insomnia first-hand… It’s 4am and I’m lying in bed sobbing, listening to my husband snoring gently beside me, and trying to resist the urge to pinch or
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the planet, it’s important to practice social distancing as much as possible. When you have to go near others, however, as most of us must now and then, protective gear such as a face mask can help keep you from spreading your germs to others and vice versa. N-95
A video has gone viral on Facebook of a sweet young boy encouraging his mom to unwrap the turban around her head. Neshele Roach was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic breast cancer at age 29 and is undergoing chemo, which caused her to go bald. In the short video she posted, Roach’s son is kissing
It seems like every day on the news we are hearing about new possible symptoms of COVID-19. Last week health care providers announced that they are seeing sudden strokes in patients who are between the ages of 30-50, who are otherwise healthy adults, other than their COVID-19 diagnosis. Patients that had a stroke and were
My dogs, Maggie, Linus, and Huckleberry, have been ENORMOUS supports for me during quarantine. Not only do they provide me with companionship and unconditional love, but they also soothe and comfort me in those moments I’m feeling particularly pessimistic about our current state of affairs AND they get me outside and moving on our regular
La información se revisará y actualizará diariamente. Se publicó por primera vez el 3 de marzo 2020. Merry Jennifer Markham, MD, FACP, FASCO es la jefa interina de la División de Hematología y Oncología de la Universidad de Florida (UF), profesora adjunta de la Facultad de Medicina de la UF, y directora adjunta de asuntos médicos en UF
Esta información se actualiza a menudo. Se publicó por primera vez el 20 de marzo 2020. Estimado amigo: La American Society of Clinical Oncology (Sociedad Estadounidense de Oncología Clínica) y la National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS, Coalición Nacional para la Sobrevivencia del Cáncer) están trabajando juntas para proporcionar información acerca de cómo el coronavirus
Alan Parker and his team at an event in November 2019. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, many of our scientists have been using the techniques and approaches developed over decades of cancer research to understand and defeat the virus. While beating cancer remains our priority, we will not be able to fully focus on our
Prostate cancer cell. Credit: LRI EM Unit Cancer blood test trialled in 10,000 women A blood test that looks for tumour DNA shed by cancer cells has been trialled for the first time in a group of 10,000 women who had no known cancer history. If the test revealed a positive result, the women would then be given
Cancer screening: An illustrated story A Stanford medical student uses images from pathology to tell a story about the medical ethics of screening for prostate cancer. Author Mandy EricksonPublished on February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 As a fourth-year medical student and pathology fellow, Nick Love, PhD, grew enchanted by corpora amylacea, small masses within the