Tests
Assessing Dementia: Animal Naming Test Scoring for Caregiver Relief
The animal naming test is a simple way to determine if someone may be suffering from dementia. This test is easy to administer.
Diane Carbo
Aging In Place
Fall Prevention for the Elderly: Essential Strategies to Avoid Serious Injury
Discover essential strategies for preventing falls among the elderly, including managing health risks, environmental safety tips, and the benefits of using Indeelift for safe recovery. Learn how to protect older adults from serious injuries and enhance their independence.
Faith In Caregiving
Faith in Caregiving: Good Fruit
This post by Veronica Badowski offers spiritual encouragement to caregivers, highlighting the importance of the Holy Spirit's fruits—like patience and love—in their challenging role. It underscores caregiving as a journey of love, sacrifice, and spiritual growth.
Healthy Aging
Elderberry and Seasonal Allergies: Embracing the Power of Elderberries for All Ages
Discover how elderberry, especially from The POWER of Elderberries®, can alleviate seasonal allergies. Its immune-boosting and anti-inflammatory properties help reduce symptoms like nasal congestion and respiratory discomfort, offering natural relief for all ages.
Behavior Modification
How To Tell If You Are Hallucinating?
Hallucinations involve sensing things that aren't real, affecting 5-25% of people. They can impact any sense and vary in frequency. Understanding and distinguishing hallucinations from reality is crucial for mental health.
Mindfullness
Harnessing Mindfulness: A Caregiver's Guide to Slowing Cognitive Decline and Reducing Stress
Discover how mindfulness-based stress reduction can aid dementia caregivers and patients. Learn techniques like meditation and mindful breathing to manage stress, improve mental health, and slow cognitive decline. Enhance quality of life for both caregiver and patient with mindfulness.
Mental Health
What is Disenfranchised Grief?
Disenfranchised grief occurs when one's mourning isn't socially recognized, often due to the nature of their relationship with the deceased or societal norms. It's crucial to acknowledge and destigmatize this grief to support those feeling isolated in their sorrow.
Grief Recovery
Anticipatory Grief and Life After Loss
Explore anticipatory grief, experienced before the loss of a loved one, especially in terminal illness cases. It discusses symptoms, the role of mental health professionals, coping strategies, and the impact on physical and mental health, providing essential support and understanding.
Behavior Modification
Daughter CareGiver with Uncooperative Father WWII Vet and Japanese POW
Struggling with an aging father who constantly asks for advice on topics you're not qualified to help with? Find tips for handling the situation and maintaining a healthy relationship with your dad.
End of Life Issues
Why Does Heart Rate Increase at End of Life?
Introduction: Heart rate, sometimes referred to as pulse rate, is the number of times a person's heart beats per minute. It is measured by feeling the pulse in the wrist, neck, or chest. A normal resting heart rate for adults is 60-100 beats per minute. At the end
Podcast
Music For Dementia with Grace Meadows - Episode 33
Music for Dementia is a nationwide campaign aimed at incorporating music into dementia care throughout the United Kingdom. While dementia remains an incurable condition, there is a readily accessible and highly affordable resource that can provide significant assistance: music.
Faith In Caregiving
Faith in Caregiving: Courage
Explore a heartfelt post by Veronica Badowski on the essence of faith and courage for caregivers. It offers spiritual support, emphasizing God's love and power to guide and strengthen them through challenging times. A reminder of divine presence and the power of prayer in caregiving.