Dementia Dimensions

Dementia Resource Center Blog for At Home Caregivers

Emotional

  • Caregiver Perspective, Emotional, Physical

4 Ways You Can Help Connect a Caregiver to Respite Care

Maybe it should not be surprising that family caregivers often have such a hard time seeking respite. For many caregivers, the role is essentially a fulltime job with no time clock to punch and no office or employee lounge to retreat to for a quick recharge.
  • Emotional, Physical, Uncategorized

Are Men at Higher Risk of Developing Dementia Than Women?

June is Men's Health Month, which makes it the perfect time to examine the different challenges genders can face in regard to brain health.
  • Caregiver Perspective, Emotional

The Challenges of Being a LGBTQ+ Caregiver for Dementia

Each year, more than 16 million Americans provide more than 17 billion hours of unpaid care for older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
  • Caregiver Perspective, Emotional, Engagement

Challenges for Caregivers of Someone Living with Frontotemporal Dementia

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the most commonly diagnosed form of dementia for Americans under the age of 60. Still this dementia, caused by a loss in nerve cells in both the frontal lobes and temporal lobes of the brain, is relatively rare, accounting for around 2 percent of the estimated 7.2 million dementia diagnoses in the United States.
  • Book Review, Emotional

Inspiring Book on Dealing with Chronic Disease

“Dancing is a playful way to engage that what we fear most.” In his 2017 book Dancing with Elephants: Mindfulness Training for Those Living with Dementia, Chronic Illness, or an Aging Brain, author Jarem Sawatsky suggests a brave way to approach the” big, unacknowledged fears” in our lives that he calls “elephants.” Sawatsky says that “once we become comfortable with the idea that suffering exists, we need to learn to let go of fear and replace it with love.”Sawatsky’s elephant is Huntington’s Disease, a movement disorder that is hereditary and eventually fatal.
  • Caregiver Perspective, Emotional, Engagement, Joy Plan

Holiday Gift Ideas for a Person with Dementia

Finding the perfect gift for family members and friends during the holiday season can be a struggle. Add an Alzheimer’s or dementia diagnosis onto an already difficult task and many are left scrambling to find the right gift their loved ones will get excited about.
  • Emotional, Physical

Dementia Caregiver Tips for More Pleasant Meal Times

Maintaining good nutrition and positive eating habits while navigating through the stages of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias can be a struggle. Caregivers may face a number of challenges, including loss of appetite, loss of taste, and changing food preferences as well as the possible need to integrate special diets when necessary.
  • Ask Mimi, Emotional, Physical

How does one find respite care? I won’t put my wife in nursing home but I really need a break.- Doug S.

Caregiving is an enormous job, and you do need breaks.  See below for some local (Rochester, New York area) resources for respite care.
  • Emotional, Engagement, Joy Plan, Physical

4 Ways Dementia Caregivers Can Find Peace of Mind

Caring for someone living with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia is difficult work. There are however ways caregivers can reduce the stress they experience.

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