1. Tips for Caregivers
2. Understanding People with Dementia
3. Communication
4. Home Safety
5. Eating and Swallowing
6. Food and Nutrition
Though there is not yet a precise method to prevent or cure dementia, professionals point out that dementia could be delayed or degeneration slowed by healthy lifestyle habits: such as not smoking…
7. Oral Care
As dementia progresses, people with cognitive decline may slowly neglect oral and dental care and even forget how to brush their teeth…
8. Minimize the Risk of Getting Lost
People with dementia may have difficulty remembering routes and directions. They areprone to get lost…
9. Fall Prevention Tips
People with dementia face greater risks of falling than other elderly…
10. Incontinence Prevention Tips
Incontinence could be a result of reduced control over bladder and bowel functions or other reasons…
11. Behaviours
BPSD is quite common among people with dementia due to physical and external cause…
12. Safety for Caregivers
While protecting the safety of people with dementia, caregivers should also mind their own well-being…
13. Safe Lifting
Sitting up straight, double-knee hold for moving between sitting position, arm hold…
14. Wheelchair Safety Tips
Going up steps, going down steps, going up ramps, going down ramps…
15. Medical, Care and Financial Arrangement
When your cognition is intact, you should reach a consensus with family members, who may have to make decisions on your behalf about medical, care and financial matter…
16. Dementia Medications
Although there are currently no medications that can completely prevent or cure dementia, different medications can improve the condition, slow down the deterioration, or alleviate symptoms caused by dementia. Since people with dementia may need to take multiple medications, caregivers should be aware of the issues related to polypharmacy and medication adherence…
