“I don’t need a walker.” Said every older adult ever. And sometimes they’re right. I have always been of the school of thought that when I see an older adult bracing himself on walls and furniture as he moves throughout the ...
Read More »Recommendations for Choosing Color in Senior Living Environments
The Wrong Question Not a month goes by that someone doesn’t seek my input regarding “the best color to (increase alertness, increase appetite, promote a sense of calm…)” for older adults with or without dementia. I used to really worry ...
Read More »Practice Praxis!
What is Praxis? Praxis is Latin for doing. It is a broad term, which is a complex, multi-step process involving both a cognitive component and a motor component. Praxis is a word we use often in the pediatric world, as ...
Read More »Proprioception: How To Engage The Forgotten Sense
*** We all learned about our five senses when we were children: vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. And it is easy enough to understand what happens when one or more of those senses becomes impaired. But functional loss of ...
Read More »Activation of Familiar Movement Patterns
I had a gentleman the other day who has been declared “dependent” by the assisted living staff for over a year. He has a diagnosis of late stage Alzheimer’s, although I suspect there is some Parkinson’s disease at play here ...
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