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Mar 2017
Alzheimer’s is a Disease of the Brain Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive, degenerative disease which causes a decline over many years in memory, thinking (cognitive) and reasoning or judgement. Dementia is an umbrella term for loss of cognition skills. What used to be called senility is now termed “dementia” and Alzhiemer’s disease is the most ...
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Mar 2017
Reminiscing with Our Great Grandparents Reminiscing together; today more families are composed of five generations who can all sit in the same room. This has not been true in generations past. Genealogy and DNA searches are very popular today as any Google search will show or number of commercials on television. Since vast amounts of ...
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Feb 2017
“Family Dementia Care -Who Knows What, Will Happen?” Family Dementia Care; what do we know? Well, though it is true we don’t have a crystal ball to look into the future, we do know that a progressive, degenerative disease will worsen. We also have an idea of the time frame. Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias tend to ...
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Feb 2017
“I Don’t Need home Care” Home Care is not the first thing to be considered. People often deny the need for help until their situation becomes a crisis. This is unfortunate, as many crisis situations can be prevented with some degree of assistance earlier. Risks of falling are real for anyone over the age of ...
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Jan 2017
Florida in the Winter – Return of the Snowbirds Florida Snowbird Tips: Sherry Picker MSW, The social worker at Paradise Home Health Care, a licensed home care service that helps seniors in the Palm Beach County and Broward County Florida areas, discusses what a “Snowbird” needs to bring with them or prepare for when planning ...
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Jan 2017
Memory Medications for Alzheimer Dementia Disease Currently in January 2017 there are still just four main medications to help slow the progression of memory loss, cognitive impairment and reducesymptoms, at least or a time. No matter what you may read or hear, there is no cure at this time for Alzheimer’s disease. We have improved testing ...
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Jan 2017
Parkinson Dance Exercises Parkinson Disease responds well to many movement exercises. Ballroom Dancing makes movement fun so Paradise Home Health Care is happy to introduce a Ballroom Dancing Workshop to The Parkinson’s Foundation in Boca Raton, Florida Judy Simon, founder of T.A.P. will be leading a ten week workshop for people with Parkinson Disease, and ...
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Dec 2016
Aging Parents Resist Help An example of aging parents refusing help: “Thanks for the follow-up. Mom’s in charge. Not always making good decisions, but she has to make her own mistakes. It’s sad to watch but it is what it is. Will reach out as events warrant.” This text comes from a daughter who had ...
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Nov 2016
Holiday Season is Upon Us Holiday season cannot be ignored. The music, television programs, decorations and sales promotions are all around us. Unfortunately with all the joy comes expectations and stress. After all, things do not happen by themselves, or by elves. Here in Florida, it also a time for out of town visitors – ...
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Nov 2016
Memory Weakening – Know Their Ability Level Memory impairment due to Dementia, whether Alzheimer’s, Vascular, Parkinson, Brain Injury or other cause make daily tasks more difficult. Memory loss in aging seniors usually coexists with other cognitive losses such as reasoning, planning, sequencing – basic thinking and behavior. It usually occurs in stages when it is ...
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