Family educational programs that are fun and engaging could help ease frustrations and tensions LTC providers experience with family members.
Rosalyn Carter once noted that there are only four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers. Her quote is an accurate assessment of how being a caregiver is a part of our lives, in one way or another. There is a tipping point for becoming a caregiver, and each person can have a different experience with caregiving. Caregiving can be long-term or short-term, depending on the care recipient.
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Topics: The Family Caregiver, Senior Care Professionals, Family Caregiver, Caregiver, caregivers, caregiving
Create moments of joy for persons with Alzheimer's and leave them with lasting positive feelings.
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Topics: Senior Care Professionals
Caregiving Assistance Help Support Caregiver Words 3d Render Illustration
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Long Term Care should continue to celebrate it's seniors. In doing so, we might just change the narrative associated with long term care.
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On the brink of a new decade, I contemplate what the next ten years will look like for the aging services industry. Reflecting on the past provides me some hope for the future. In some respects, we have come a long way. By the same token, we should maintain a future focus and continue to develop more strategies that support the quality of living of frail elders.
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Topics: AGE-u-cate Training Institute, Senior Care Professionals, aging services, dementia, Care Partners, caregivers, compassionate touch, Dementia Live, Dementia Live®Training, aging, understanding
The holiday season can be overwhelming for people with dementia. Create a new normal holiday celebration so that everyone is merry and bright!
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Topics: Senior Care Professionals, Training, dementia, caregivers, holidays
The stigma associated with having Alzheimer’s disease and/or any other type of dementia can create a profoundly isolating, painful experience. As a person starts to go through some of the early symptoms, such as memory loss, difficulty in completing everyday tasks, and not being able to follow conversations, that person may be reluctant to share these symptoms with family, friends, or a doctor out of fear of knowing what might come next. Part of that fear can be tied to the stigma that has accompanied Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
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Imagine that you are in pain and struggling to determine where the pain is coming from. You can’t find the words to express yourself, so you use the only words you have, but no one seems to understand or help. Imagine being in pain for over an hour, and now someone is asking you to do something you prefer not to do. They are asking nicely, and attempting to move you, but you are hurting and do not want to be moved. You want help and relief from your pain, but the person is not helping, and you feel desperate for someone to understand. What might you do to be heard and understood? You might lash out by screaming, hitting, or biting, depending on how much you are hurting and how much the other person is forcing you to move. What might happen next? If the scenario above took place in a long-term care community, it is probable that anti-psychotic medications would be used to calm or sedate you.
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Validation helps caregivers step into the world of a person with dementia, creating understanding and empathy.
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Topics: Senior Care Professionals, Memory Care, Family Caregiver, dementia, Family, caregivers, compassionate touch, Alzheimer's disease, Hospital Professionals, dementia friendly, understanding, touch
