Dementia Care
Understanding dementia can go a long way toward making it easier to live with. Dementia itself is not a single illness. It is a group of symptoms caused by specific brain disorders. The most common cause is Alzheimer's disease, but dementia can also be the result of a stroke or mini-strokes. For the carer, there are several things that you can do:
- Respect and dignity
- Focus on what the person can do, not what they can´t do.
- Be a good listener and be friendly
- Support and accept the person, be patient.
- Do one little thing
- Cook a meal or run an errand, it all helps.
- Make time for everyone
- Partners, children and grandchildren will be affected. Could you do something to help one of them?
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- Understanding dementia makes living with it easier.