Rather than putting excess demands on the impaired memory of someone with dementia, help the person by compensating for cognitive changes. Find a spot in your home that is centrally located, or a spot where you often spend time. Take down wall decor, clear up the clutter and create a memory center in your home…
A person with Alzheimer’s disease or other related forms of dementia experiences changes in his or her ability to pay attention to things. Attention is the process of focusing on a specific stimulus for a particular length of time. • Selective attention is the ability to focus on a single stimulus or process at one…
Individuals with dementia have difficulty filtering out irrelevant noise from the environment and focusing on relevant sounds pertinent to their communication partner. When noise bothers people with dementia it can cause them to become agitated and restless. Background noise hinders communication because it affects the ability of people with dementia to hear and focus on…
Welcome and thank you for visiting our blog. This is our first entry. We hope that you will stop by here regularly to read our thoughts about dementia care and share your comments and ideas with us. We enjoy connecting with families, health care professionals, and people who are experiencing life with dementia. Kerry is…
