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When talking about Dementia its good to know that \u201cDementia\u201d is not diagnostic. It is an umbrella term for many forms of brain change. The most common Dementia that people think of is Alzheimer\u2019s. Alzheimer\u2019s is characterized by the following:<\/p>\n
For example: Macy\u2019s closed and is now Target. To the person with Alzheimer\u2019s its still Macy\u2019s.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow Dad what did the doctor say?\u201d The content of the visit is lost or maybe even the whole trip. \u201cDad who won the world serious in 1972?\u201d Now that question and the stories surrounding it won\u2019t be going anywhere for a while.<\/p>\n
Early in Alzheimer\u2019s (and many Dementias) people will miss 1 out of 4 words. How long do you think it takes to get lost? Let's try it out! this is what it looks like if we skip every 4 th word from the above sentences…. Early in Alzheimer\u2019s will miss one of four. How long do think it takes get lost?<\/p>\n
People living with Alzheimer\u2019s tend to lose impulse control so what comes into the brain comes out of the mouth. Decision making can become paralytic and cause increased anxiety.<\/p>\n
One example of this is the very common request \u201ctake me home\u201d. So, people do. They take the person living with Alzheimer\u2019s home to where they last lived but what they really meant was take me to the place I grew up.<\/p>\n
The changes in behavior or personality happens over time. On average Alzheimer\u2019s last about 12 years. Currently there is no cure and the disease is terminal.<\/p>\n
Alzheimer\u2019s is thought to be related to beta-amyloid plaques and tau pathologies. Thus far, studies show that we know very little of how the tissue dies but the result is the loss of synaptic connections in the brain resulting in tissue death.<\/p>\n
There is much more to Alzheimer\u2019s than what\u2019s listed here but these are hallmarks of the disease. Hopefully as we know more about this complicated subject it will help us to better interact and be there for people living with dementia.<\/p>\n
At Hill House Living we specialize in dementia care. We provide special training for all of our caregivers enabling them to understand and provide empathy as they give excellent care to our residents. For more information please contact us<\/a> at 208-242-2497<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When talking about Dementia its good to know that \u201cDementia\u201d is not diagnostic. It is an umbrella term for many forms of brain change. The most common Dementia that people think of is Alzheimer\u2019s. Alzheimer\u2019s is characterized by the following: The loss of new details For example: Macy\u2019s closed and is now Target. To the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1080","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n