Imagine for a minute that you are listening to a speaker give a fairly interesting lecture on a topic… and your mind starts to wander.  You are still aware that the speaker is talking, yet you are also thinking about ...

The Problem: Sam is a 79 year old man with moderate (middle stage) dementia.  He lives in a memory care unit of a facility and rarely sits still.  Sam wanders from room to room touching furniture and collecting knick-knacks in ...

*** 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 ...

*** Sensory Processing Disorders (SPD) can play a major role in how people interact with the environment throughout the lifespan.  From fussy baby, to anxious, middle-aged adult, to confused older adult- an individual with a sensory processing disorder may develop ...

As a reminder, I am not a physician.  You should not substitute my opinion for your own judgment.  But I do love these questions.  They clearly demonstrate that these issues are complex problems with shifting dynamics and no easy answer. ...