The key is specialized dementia care
What is the best way to assure safety and quality care in assisted living for dementia? The key is specialized dementia care. Frail elders with dementia are difficult enough to care for in general, and they often have subtle medical symptoms that can result in serious...What About Money? Don’t Avoid the Topic
Money poses one of the most difficult issues for patients with dementia and the people who love them. I’ve met families in which one person has helped manage the elder’s finances for a reasonable fee. In other cases, families hire a “fiduciary,” a licensed...My elder feels dizzy all the time. What should we do?
As I drive around the San Francisco Bay Area doing house calls, I often see patients who are complaining of dizziness. It’s important to remember that that people with dementia often have a decreased sense of thirst or hunger. Dehydration from lack of fluids may cause...