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One thing I would add is that someone with dementia needs an environment suited to him or her specifically. Expecting someone with dementia to conform to a regular environm...
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Plans of care are subjective. An assisted living facility does not provide the right care as you have described, so it should not even be an option. Adult protective servic...
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Note, that there are Adult Day Centers that specialize in dementia, and Caring.com has a resource for finding one in your area:
http://www.caring.com/local/adult-day-care
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What a terrible time for you in your life right now with all those responsibilities and the guilt you are feeling about your mother's situation. The most crucial thing for...
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There simply is no "one size fits all answer" for whether to move someone or not. When Alzheimer's has progressed to the point that the person is not aware of place or time...
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Because the dental hygiene question with Alzheimer's is one that comes up regularly, I consulted a local geriatric specialist dentist, Barry Cerridan, D.D.S. All of the abo...
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How terrible for you to have to deal with this. And how awful for your mom that she is lapsing. Questions for you: have you had her checked out by a geriatric specialist t...
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How wonderful of you to have taken the time out of your life to care for your grandmother. What a shame that you are unable to enjoy that time, and to have a warm and lovin...
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Every nursing home has an ombudsman program, someone who is assigned to assist with complaints. Get the ombudsman involved and see if he or she can assist.
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The answer to this is not a simple one. You do not mention if your mother has a dementia. Assuming that she does not, although you say she is "hard to follow", you should l...
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Unfortunately there is no standard or uniform CNA or spousal pay program to assist in the care of a 60 year old legally blind with early onset dementia. Some counties in Am...
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So very sorry you have experienced theft. Unfortunately theft and caregiving is something that happens because of the unsupervised situation. We also found that theft somet...
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Your story is all too familiar, and the problem is that there needs to be some planning for in-home care, and some professional assistance in so doing.
have your father c...
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Researching comparable pay rates would have been my answer to finding out how much to pay. Caring for two people is always more expensive than caring for one. Also, providi...
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Your question about bad behavior of 88 year old at restaurants, is a hard one to answer. It seems that the husband must have some sort of dementia that results in a behavio...
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There really is no one site source for rules governing an in-home caregiver because, according to Bob King, Esq., a recent presenter at the Private Duty Homecare Associatio...
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What a problem you have, and how I wish there was an easy answer. Unfortunately my knowledge of resources for non-seniors is limited, so I sought advice from two profession...
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First, there is no “age-related memory loss”. Loss of memory has an associated cause, and finding that cause is essential. Please do not use the physician who made the pron...
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Caring for a rapidly deteriorating Alzheimer's patient necessitates understanding of the disease. First she really needs a thorough screening from a specialist in geriatric...
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I assume that by “alert” you mean that the client has no dementia, and has the ability to make his/her own decisions. If that is the case, then asking a caregiver to leave ...
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Because you are in a situation with such specific disease and disability needs, classes for family caregivers means for you tackling these from a variety of sources. I’ll g...
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There are laws governing fair compensation for home healthcare workers. The agency where you work should have policies in place that detail what a job entails and how much ...
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Sometimes communicating with a home health worker is as simple as having a 3 ring binder note book in the home, where all are expected to record what has occurred during a ...
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There are really many techniques for calming an abusive dementia patient. To calm an agitated person with dementia, most techniques revolve around the caregivers being trai...
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This question is difficult to answer as there are several levels of potential liability. One is taxes, payment for services and liability for that aspect of the care. If yo...
