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How Alzheimer’s Disease Affects Communication

Memory loss is one of the widely known symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, but many other skills and abilities become impaired as well. Persons living with dementia experience changes in the brain’s temporal lobe that affect their ability to process language. Even in the disease’s early stages, caregivers may notice a decline in formal language (vocabulary, comprehension, and speech production), which all humans rely upon to communicate verbally. Symptoms include word loss, confusion during the conversation, not being able to follow a storyline, and decreased speech.

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How Alzheimer’s Disease Affects Communication

Memory loss is one of the widely known symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, but many other skills and abilities become impaired as well. Persons living with dementia experience changes in the brain’s temporal lobe that affect their ability to process language. Even in the disease’s early stages, caregivers may notice a decline in formal language (vocabulary, comprehension, and speech production), which all humans rely upon to communicate verbally. Symptoms include word loss, confusion during the conversation, not being able to follow a storyline, and decreased speech.

Avoiding Pressure Ulcers

Caregivers need to keep a close eye on elderly patients to avoid pressure ulcers from occurring. Pressure ulcers (also called decubiti, or bedsores) are blisters or breaks in the skin caused when the body’s weight presses blood out of a specific area. Pressure ulcers are commonly found in bedridden patients or people with mobility challenges who do not get up to move frequently enough. According to the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel estimates that 2.5 million American develop pressure ulcers each year.

Dementia-Friendly Holiday Gatherings

The holiday season is a time for joy, togetherness, and celebration, but for individuals living with dementia, it can be challenging and disorienting. Dementia affects the way a person perceives and processes information about their environment. Situations like a houseful of guests, a Christmas tree indoors, and even busy decor around the home can cause confusion for a person experiencing cognitive decline.

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The ABC’s of Long Term Care: An Overview of Long Term Care

Long-Term Care Overview

The ABC’s of Long Term Care: An Overview of Long Term Care

Understanding your rights and learning to communicate effectively with healthcare professionals are essential in advocating for your loved ones and…

Self-Care for the Caregiver

Emotional Support & Burnout

Self-Care for the Caregiver

The stress that caregivers experience as their loved one declines can be staggering. The constant fluctuation of changing roles, uncertainty…

Navigating the Healthcare Environment: Advocating for Your Loved One

Decision Making & Planning

Navigating the Healthcare Environment: Advocating for Your Loved One

Understanding your rights and learning to communicate effectively with healthcare professionals are essential in advocating for your loved ones and…

Handling Grief and Loss

Coping Strategies

Handling Grief and Loss

No matter how thoroughly one has prepared for the inevitability of death, when the time comes it still can be…

End-of-Life Issues: Hospice and Palliative Care

End-of-Life Basics

End-of-Life Issues: Hospice and Palliative Care

End-of-life care refers to both the medical care and the emotional support that patients and caregivers receive when death is…

Dementia: New Dementia Diagnosis – Next Steps

Medical & Diagnosis

Dementia: New Dementia Diagnosis – Next Steps

Hearing a medical professional confirm that the memory issues you (or a loved one) have been experiencing are, in fact,…

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