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How to Evaluate a Memory Care Community

If you are a north Texas caregiver for a loved one who has Alzheimer’s disease, the day might come when you need to find a Memory Care assisted living community for them. Knowing what to ask, what look for and how to compare one dementia care provider with another can be tough to do.

We’ve pulled together a few tips we think will help you get started.

5 Tips for Evaluating North Texas Memory Care Communities

Asking these questions as you visit each community on your senior loved one’s behalf will help you assess if it is a good fit: [Read more…]

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Tips for Creating an Alzheimer’s Wandering Kit

If a north Texas senior you love lives with Alzheimer’s disease, keeping them safe can be a challenge. Wandering is often high on the list of concerns for caregivers and for good reason. The statistics on wandering are frightening.

Research shows that when someone with Alzheimer’s disease wanders, the first 24 hours are critical. Every hour beyond that makes it less likely the senior will return home safe and sound. Having a plan in place to help first responders launch the search for your loved one throughout the Dallas and Fort Worth areas is the key.

One way to do that is by creating an Alzheimer’s Wandering Kit. [Read more…]

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Understanding Aggression in Men with Alzheimer’s

Adults who work in assisted living communities have long suspected there were underlying reasons to explain some of the trends in memory care program admissions. Even though the number of women who live in senior living communities is significantly greater than the number of men, more men than women are being admitted to memory care programs across the country. In fact, men are moving in to dementia care communities at a rate that is 14% faster than women.

Researchers who dug in to this issue discovered a few very interesting differences between men and women who have Alzheimer’s disease. [Read more…]

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What to Consider Before Moving a Parent in with You

The number of multi-generational households in this country continues to climb. According to researchers, 18% of the U.S. population lives in a home with loved ones who span several generations. From young adults returning home to live with parents to older adults moving in with adult children, a record setting 57 million Americans are part of a multi-generational household.

It isn’t uncommon for sandwich generation adults in the Dallas – Fort Worth areas to consider moving an older parent into their own family home. It helps on a variety of fronts. Grandparents can provide afterschool supervision and emotional support while parents are at work. Older adults who feel isolated living alone or are experiencing health problems benefit from being around their loved ones. [Read more…]

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Understanding Alzheimer’s Wandering

For north Texas adult children and spouses who are caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease, wandering is one of the most difficult and frightening behaviors to safely manage. While much remains unknown about this debilitating disease, experts do have some theories about wandering. Many believe the behavior may be caused by unmet needs and an inability to communicate them due to lost language skills.

Older adults with Alzheimer’s disease might not recognize their surroundings and wander off to look for “home.” Or they may be hungry or thirsty and go in search of food or water. An urge to use the bathroom and not know how to find it is believed to be another cause of wandering. Whatever it is that leads a senior to wander, the result is anxiety and stress for adult children and family caregivers in and around Dallas and Fort Worth. [Read more…]

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