Finding the Right Dementia Care Home for Your Parent

dementia care

Submitted by Sugar Creek Alzheimer’s Special Care Center Looking for a dementia care home for your parent? Here are your basic choices explained. Plus, 14 questions you should ask. It can be hard to make sense of all the different choices when you’re looking for a dementia care community for your mom or dad. There […]

Making the Right Choice: Stand-Alone Or Embedded Memory Care?

memory care unit

Submitted by Sugar Creek Alzheimer’s Special Care Center There are few words in our language that strike such a visceral reaction as ‘dementia.’ Even when couched into less intimidating terms such as ‘cognitive decline,’ or ‘impaired memory’ the message is the same: life as we know it is changed on a dime. Whether the diagnosis […]

Financial Problems Can Be Sign of Dementia Onset

cognitive impairment

Submitted by Sugar Creek Alzheimer’s Special Care Center Dementia is a term used for loss of memory, lack of ability to problem solve, and inability to perform everyday activities. Having difficulties with finances may be an early sign. More than 5 million Americans, most age 65 or older, are thought to be living with dementia […]

Plan Ahead as Dementia Progresses

dementia

Submitted by Sugar Creek Alzheimer’s Special Care Center Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are progressive diseases, meaning that, as time goes on, the disease will likely get worse. Not everyone living with dementia will experience it in exactly the same way, and the rate at which the disease progresses varies from person to […]