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Many family caregivers choose to support a relative with dementia at home. But as their disease progresses, caring for someone with dementia alone may become difficult to manage. If a time comes when you need help caring for your elderly loved one, help is available.
An employee who is eligible for Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave has asked to use it to spend time with her father, who is in a nursing home but having difficulty settling in. He has dementia and will listen only to family members. Is this a qualifying event?
Anger, confusion, and sadness are a few symptoms a person with dementia may experience regularly. Even though you know your loved one’s dementia behaviors are symptoms of a disease and not intentional, dealing with them is often emotionally and physically challenging.
Tips for meeting the unique challenges of caring for someone with dementia or Alzheimer's
While music is known for lifting moods, rising evidence shows profound responses when favorite tunes are played for dementia patients.
Most people with Alzheimer’s disease eventually need a level of care that their partner or family members alone can’t provide. Then it’s time to either bring helpers into your home or move your loved one to a long-term care facility.
Early on in Alzheimer’s and related dementias, people experience changes in thinking, remembering, and reasoning in a way that affects daily life and activities. Eventually, people with these diseases will need more help with simple, everyday tasks.
Caring for a loved one with dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease, can be a difficult task. Often this task falls to a family member, and as the disease progresses, the care needs become greater, requiring more hours of the caregiver’s time.
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When a caregiver doesn’t take the time for self-care, the result is compassion fatigue and burnout.
Recognizing and Preventing Caregiver Overload
The information offered here is not a substitute for professional advice. Please proceed with care and caution.
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