Dementia can turn your once-calm parent into someone prone to anger, fear, or paranoia. One moment they’re fine, and the next ...
Brenda Gurung, a certified dementia practitioner for the Alzheimer's Association and a senior national account manager at A Place for Mom Aim to find a quiet and comfortable spot to talk.
The survey – of 500 UK parents of children between the ages of six and 16 who have a relative with dementia – found the ...
In honour of Dementia Action Week, Lynn Carratt shares the story of caring for a parent diagnosed with dementia. Four years ago, at the age of 69, my dad Stuart was diagnosed with dementia.
“The talk” about an aging parent’s finances and end-of-life ... importance of discussing finances before conditions such as dementia set in, "since then it's too late to have those ...
Often, this person is a grandparent, but increasingly it could be a parent. This is why it’s important that every young person ... Dementia Friends is an Alzheimer’s Society initiative to change the ...
27, they’ll be attending a new meeting, specifically geared towards adult children who are caring for a parent living with dementia ... looking for someone to talk to about the potential ...
Shaheen Larrieux, 60, shares how losing both parents to dementia taught her life-changing lessons about health, resilience and hope “She was screaming like she was being attacked,” recalls ...
Most doctors agree that people with moderate to severe dementia should never get behind the wheel, but in the early stages of ...
Living in a family where there is genetic risk for dementia significantly affects choices about ... showed symptoms as a ‘deadline’ for when they could still be good parents before possibly getting ...
Both parents attended the screening. “I can talk with Helena now ... We don’t know how much dementia affects someone – whether their memory disappears slightly or entirely,” he explains ...