The number of older people is rising dramatically, particularly those in the 85 years and above age group. Because the likelihood of developing dementia increases with age, reaching a one in 3 chance by the time a person reaches 85, we must turn our attention to eldercare, age-friendly initiatives to be that of dementia-friendly initiatives. Let's look at what research tells us about how our neighborhoods can be transformed to age-friendly, dementia-friendly places for people to live as they grow older.
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Topics:
AGE-u-cate Training Institute,
Senior Care Professionals,
Family Caregiver,
dementia,
Dementia Live,
leadership,
older adults,
environment,
Dementia-Friendly neighborhoods,
Urban designers
Studies affirm that almost 80 percent of people with dementia listed shopping as a favorite activity. At the same time, 63 percent of people surveyed didn't think that shops were doing enough to help people with dementia.
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Topics:
Senior Care Professionals,
Training,
dementia,
Care Partners,
dementia friendly,
Employees,
understanding,
older adults
or christmas cooking and kitchen utensils on wooden table, top view
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Topics:
AGE-u-cate Training Institute,
Senior Care Professionals,
Family Caregiver,
Elders,
Family,
caregivers,
Faith Community,
church,
Seniors,
families,
older adults,
old adults,
traditions
As my mother's Parkinson's Disease progressed, it was very apparent that food and the mealtime experience became more important to her. So much so, that I remember saying "Mom's still finds joy in yummy food". That said, her "yummy" was not always the healthiest, but we wanted her to be happy. We knew that healthy foods were important, but probably not as important as the joy of witnessing her with excitement dig in to a chocolate fudge sundae with extra whipped cream. Now THAT was a quality dining experience!
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Topics:
Senior Care Professionals,
Family Caregiver,
Senior Care,
leadership,
activities,
Mealtime,
Eating,
Dining,
older adults,
Joy
The Big "S" word. It comes up more often than you would think and for good reason. Adult children who are in any phase of caregiving for their parents, even in the very beginning stages share their frustrations of their parents suddenly being stubborn. Why is this happening?
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Topics:
AGE-u-cate Training Institute,
Senior Care Professionals,
Family Caregiver,
behaviors,
caregiving,
Faith Community,
role reversal,
family caregivers,
parents,
children,
older adults
Time is precious. Staff is in short supply. Family caregivers are stretched to the limit. Just taking care of the basic needs is hard enough, so five minutes a day seems - IMPOSSIBLE!
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Topics:
AGE-u-cate Training Institute,
Person-centered,
Senior Care Professionals,
Family Caregiver,
Senior Care,
Family,
compassionate touch,
Dementia Live,
leadership,
Hospital Professionals,
education,
older adults,
staff,
communication,
touch
