Elderly Parent Dementia Articles

Sundowning

If you’re caring for someone with Alzheimer’s, you may have noticed that their symptoms seem to worsen later in the day.

One of the many things no one prepared me for was how Alzheimer’s causes people to do some very odd things.

Kitchen fire

As our parents age, the home they’ve lived in for decades can quietly become a source of risk. The good news is that many of the most effective safety improvements are simple, affordable, and non-intrusive.

As my Mom’s Alzheimer’s progressed her ADHD behavior patterns went off the charts.

This one seems so simple and obvious but I didn’t think of it until a friend of mine, Scott, said he got one for his Mom who also had dementia. 

Like most people, I assumed Alzheimer’s disease was mainly something that caused people to slowly lose their memory. It is so much more than that.

If you haven’t taken over your elderly parent’s food shopping or insisted on going with them, you may want to start.

There are tons of different pill organizers on the market but none of them come with a cheat sheet that reminds you of what pills are supposed to go into what time slot in the organizer.