Losing your phone. Not remembering the name of a person you’re sure you have met before. Mistaking today’s date with tomorrow’s. Could these be warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease?
Since June is recognized as Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, we at Compassionate Nursing Services, the Oakville senior home care specialists, wanted to help you distinguish between some of the typical attributes of growing older, like minor lapse of memory, and those that may point to the risk of Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. Contact us online or call us at 314-432-4312 to learn more about how we can help your loved one with top-quality senior in-home care in Oakville and the surrounding area.
First and foremost, it’s essential to understand that Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of growing older. It is a disease that progressively produces cognitive decline, having an effect on reasoning and judgment, thinking and memory. Its characteristic indicators may consist of any or all of the following, in differing degrees of intensiveness:
When signs of Alzheimer’s are suspected, it’s very important that an appointment be made with the senior’s doctor for further testing and to determine the best plan of treatment.
If an Alzheimer’s diagnosis is identified, Compassionate Nursing Services can help. Our professionally trained dementia caregivers are on hand with expert care to provide support with managing the more daunting aspects of the disease, working with families to allow for much-needed respite care. We help make sure that older adults with Alzheimer’s are safe and experiencing the highest possible quality of care at all times.
Whether you need assistance with developing customized activities to enhance quality of life, or assistance with some of the more task-oriented aspects of care, such as meal preparation, housework, laundry, and errand-running, allowing you to spend more quality time with your loved one, you can count on Compassionate Nursing Services’ Oakville senior home care providers. Contact us any time at 314-432-4312 to learn more about your options for memory care in Oakville and the surrounding areas.
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