Talking When Caring for Someone with Dementia

Talking When Caring for Someone with Dementia

Caring for someone with dementia requires patience, compassion, and emotional strength. Family caregivers often experience stress, exhaustion, and loneliness while managing daily responsibilities and watching changes in a loved one’s memory and behavior. Open...
When It’s Time to Consider a Care Home

When It’s Time to Consider a Care Home

Making the decision to move a loved one into a care home is never easy. For many families, it comes with mixed emotions such as concern, guilt, uncertainty, and hope. It is important to remember that choosing professional care is not about giving up. It is about...
The Importance of Mental Engagement

The Importance of Mental Engagement

Mental stimulation strengthens neural connections in the brain. Activities that challenge thinking, focus, and problem solving can contribute to maintaining cognitive function and mental agility. Examples of brain supporting activities include: Reading and...
Understanding Lewy Body Dementia

Understanding Lewy Body Dementia

Lewy Body Dementia is a progressive neurological condition caused by abnormal protein deposits called Lewy bodies that develop in the brain. These deposits disrupt the brain’s normal functioning and affect areas responsible for thinking, movement, behavior, and sleep....
Body Weight and Vascular Dementia

Body Weight and Vascular Dementia

Recent research has strengthened the link between higher body weight and vascular dementia, a type of dementia caused by reduced blood flow to the brain. Unlike Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia often affects executive functions first, including planning,...