Aging In Place
Long-term care insurance costs vary based on age, health, coverage, and provider. Understand the factors that affect pricing, explore alternatives, and make an informed decision to protect your future. Learn what you need to know before committing to a policy.
Caregiver Support
A personal account of the struggles and triumphs of caring for a loved one with frontotemporal dementia. Follow my journey as I navigate the difficult world of memory care and find hope in the end.
Alternative Approaches to Care
Introduction - What is Long-Term Care? Long-term care is a type of care that is meant to assist individuals with their daily activities over an extended period of time. This care may be provided in the home, at a daycare facility or nursing home, or via hospice care. It'
Mental Health
What is CBD? CBD stands for cannabidiol, a compound derived from the cannabis plant. It is one of 113 cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant that are responsible for its therapeutic effects. Unlike its more famous counterpart, THC, CBD does not produce a high and has become popular among those
Mental Health
Introduction For many, the loss of a parent feels like the end of the world. Grief can be an incredibly difficult emotion to process and overcome. But with the right understanding, support, and tools, it is possible to learn how to deal with grief when facing the death of a
Activities
Alzheimers disease and the benefis of pets DCS0:00/1333.6070071× In this episode of the Dementia Care Secrets podcast, host Diane Carbo discusses the benefits of emotional support for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. She emphasizes that emotional support, including various types of animals such
Ask the Experts
How would my grandpa with Alzheimer’s use his phone to notify my father that something happened to grandma. No one lives in with the grandparents at the moment.
Mental Health
Introduction Seasonal depression, also known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), is a type of clinical depression that occurs in relation to certain seasons, usually starting in late fall and continuing throughout the winter months. It is estimated that SAD affects around half a million people in the United States each
Medical Conditions
One caregiver's story of dealing with a loved one with dementia who wants to eat constantly.
Mental Health
Ketamine is the biggest discovery for treatment resistant depression, suicide ideation and pain management in decades. Ketamine affects the brain differently from traditional antidepressants. It is now FDA approved
Mental Health
FDA recently approved ketamine—an anesthetic that has proven effective in treating depression. The biggest breakthrough in mental health. Helping patients with treatment-resistant depression.
Caregiver Stress And Burden
Everyone that suffers from any mental health conditions, incorporate these natural approaches to relieve the signs of depression and even anxiety disorders, with or without medications