Using Karate on People with Dementia?
In this video, I'm going to teach you the most important skill in martial arts. We'll talk about how it applies to communicating with your loved one with dementia and how you can start mastering this skill today.
Best Way to Communicate with Someone Who Has Dementia
If you’re caring for someone with dementia, it may seem like the heart of every problem with care is the inability to communicate. We all understand that language breaks down over time with dementia. As the parts of the brain that hold language are affected by the disease, it becomes more and more difficult to communicate. However, just knowing that doesn’t really help us in the moment. So what can we do?
Would you rather bathe a cat?
Caregivers, would you rather assist this cat or your loved one with bathing? If you picked the cat, this post is for you.
Some beautiful words about memory…
"Memory takes a lot of poetic license. It omits some details; others are exaggerated, according to the emotional value of the articles it touches, for memory is seated predominantly in the heart."
Is it ok to laugh at dementia?
Different people will answer the question of the title in different ways. My answer: laughing at someone because they have dementia is not ok. But can you laugh at the disease? I do. For me, I have to. What do you think?