Virtual Tour Lets People Experience What Dementia Feels Like

 

Virtual Tour Lets People Experience What Dementia Feels Like:

Those who experience it discover how just a small room and a table of tasks can quickly lead to frustration and heartbreak. Caregivers begin to understand the physical and mental challenges of dementia.

https://www.secondwind.org/virtual-dementia-tour/

New Hope for Preventing Dementia -- Brain Games

For years, the elderly, and not so elderly, have been encouraged to keep their brains active.

Various brain games were recommended. New research, though, shows that not all brain games are the same.

Some logic and memory games do not seem to help at all.

However, this study showed that training which improves "cognitive processing speed" reduced dementia risk by almost 30%.

You can read the full article here:

https://www.prevention.com/health/brain-game-lower-dementia-risk?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebutton

Another form of caregiving...lap robes for hospitalized veterans

Please be kind: It's not the person--it's the disease

 You can find the Alzheimer's Association definition here: http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_what_is_alzheimers.asp

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