Tips From The Trenches
Urinary Incontinence
*** The topic of urinary incontinence is a broad subject, the scope of which I cannot fully address here. In the presence of early stage Alzheimer’s, however, it can be a delicate and emotional issue. Most older adults don’t look forward to the day that they’ll need to discuss private bodily functions with their children....
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The Un-Dining Experience
*** Sometime during the course of Alzheimer’s disease, self-feeding gets tricky. It usually starts to decline during the middle stage, when the ability to complete a task wanes due to attention span and memory loss. And because the language centers are already so heavily damaged, exploring the environment by handling everything becomes the...
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The Allen Model
*** Much of what I’ve learned about Alzheimer’s, and how to objectivify my observations, comes from Claudia Allen’s Cognitive Disabilities Theory. The Allen Scale is the only handy dementia-rating scale that is based on function- rather than language-based answers to intellectual questions. Claudia Allen began collecting...
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Outfit Selection
*** Many people in the early to middle stages of dementia have difficulty selecting outfits that are appropriate for season, occasion, or aesthetics. Here are a few tips: 1. Try grouping items together by outfits- put the shirt, pants, underwear, and bra all on one hanger. 2. Get rid of extra clothing. There is no need to keep dresses,...
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Urinary Incontinence
*** The topic of urinary incontinence is a...
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The Un-Dining Experi...
*** Sometime during the course of...
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The Allen Model
*** Much of what I’ve learned about...
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Outfit Selection
*** Many people in the early to middle...
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