Dementia Dimensions

Dementia Resource Center Blog for At Home Caregivers

Engagement

  • Caregiver Perspective, Emotional, Engagement, Joy Plan

How Caregivers Can Best Engage People Living with Dementia

Being a family caregiver is a demanding role. One of the biggest challenges for at-home caregivers can be keeping a loved one engaged and entertained throughout the day.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Caregiver Perspective, Engagement, Joy Plan

Caregivers Are Key to Unlocking Joy

The 40th President of the United States, the late Ronald Reagan, lived with Alzheimer’s disease over the final decade of his life.
  • Engagement, Joy Plan

The Connection between Norman Rockwell, His Work, and Dementia

“The view of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and the ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be.”  Norman Rockwell painted the American dream and-- for decades—he did it better than anyone else.
  • Engagement, Physical

Tips for Getting Your Loved One with Dementia to Wear a Mask

How can I get my loved one living with dementia to wear a mask? Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to this question as every elder will respond differently to different tactics.
  • 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.
  • Emotional, Engagement

Using Therapeutic Fibbing for Loved Ones with Dementia this Holiday

With the end-of-year holiday season right around the corner, gatherings with family and friends may become more frequent in the lives of people with dementia and the caregivers who support them.
  • Engagement

Simple Home Changes Aid Those with Dementia

Safety around the home can be a life-and-death issue for people with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias. Depending on the stage of disease progression for your loved one, the following problems can make independent living more challenging without intervention: disorientation that causes confusion about location; limited coordination and mobility; or forgetfulness.

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