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Keeping Mum: Caring for Someone with Dementia
'At 3am I was startled awake by the opening of the stairgate. Leaping out of bed I found Mum, clothes on over her pyjamas, grumbling she was fed up of being moved from pillar to post and was going home.'
When her mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer ...
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What Is Dementia and What to Do When It Strikes?
There is a lot of confusion around the question, 'What is dementia?' It is believed to have affected more than 24 million people living with a form of dementia world-wide.
Unfortunately, the number of people that dementia will strike is expecte ...
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Impact of Dementia Affects Over 5 Million Americans
Dementia is one of the biggest fears that older adults face. As a family member, you can brighten the loved one's day by having conversations that bring back memories from the past. If your family member with dementia gets confused, frustrated or ups ...
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Dangers of Loneliness and Advantages of Companion Care
A new study published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry links feeling lonely with an increased risk of clinical dementia in later life and can be considered a major risk factor that, independently of vascular disease, dep ...
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Should You Worry About Memory Loss?
It is not uncommon for you to forget where you put your spectacles or the car keys. Memory lapses are common occurrences associated with the aging process. You may experience frustration, lack of self-worth and independence when such memory lapses st ...
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Amanda's Flowers - Benefits of Flowers for Older Adults
'Flowers make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the soul.' American botanist Luther Burbank may have been onto something when he proclaimed this in the early 20th century. Many decades later, studies h ...
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Problems Faced By Moms and Dads With Children With Disabilities
In this posting I chose to create about what I think about to be the main three problems faced by parents of children with disabilities. In the past I was stopped by a person with no experience of children with disabilities who asked me about the imp ...
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Myths About People With Disabilities
In order to break down barriers to accessibility, it is important for people to understand disabilities. This is why it is important for all people to learn more about all Ontarians and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.
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Yoga Changed My Life
Many of us may have wondered what Seva Yoga is. Isn't it? Well what Seva Yoga really is? It consists of two words Seva meaning service and Yoga meaning union of the body and mind. So in short Seva Yoga means service for unity. Placing Yoga for the se ...
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Are Disabled Veterans Getting What They Need?
Veterans disability ratings are what we refer to for a certain criteria when it comes time to assess their disability and rate of pay. The big question is whether or not it's being done the right way, and whether or not it's actually fair.
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