Jigsaw Puzzles Benefit the Brain
There has been a lot of talk lately about how brain stimulating exercises can improve and often even stave off dementias that can occur in later years. I imagine that it is much like what exercise does for the body. As we used to say in nursing school, use it or...Decreasing the Risk of Delirium in the Hospitalized Elder
According to Dr. Sharon K. Inouye and her colleagues at Yale University School of Medicine, more than 2 million older Americans will develop develop delirium and functional decline during a hospitalization. This could result in increased mortality and morbidity,...Stages of Dementia
Different people and different organizations have….of course…………different ways of defining the stages of dementia. I am going to use the following 6 stage classification of dementia because it is easiest for me to understand, so...He Went To The Party and Never Came Home…….
I attended a class on dementia this week given by our local Alzheimer’s Association. It was a very informative class and I was priviledged to sit close to a lovely senior lady whose husband suffers from dementia and now lives in an assisted living...Connect With Me
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