How to Evaluate Dementia Care Options

How to Evaluate Dementia Care Options

The moment families start asking how to evaluate dementia care, the situation is usually already serious. A parent is wandering, forgetting medications, falling at home, or becoming unsafe overnight. A spouse is exhausted. Hospital discharge is approaching. What...
When Should Someone With Dementia Move?

When Should Someone With Dementia Move?

The question usually does not arrive in a calm moment. It comes after a stove is left on, a parent wanders outside at night, medications are missed, or a spouse who has been holding everything together finally admits, “I can’t do this alone anymore.”...
How to Move Parent With Dementia Safely

How to Move Parent With Dementia Safely

The hardest part is often not choosing a new place. It is telling yourself that home is no longer safe enough. If you are trying to figure out how to move parent with dementia, you are probably carrying grief, guilt, and urgency at the same time. That mix of emotions...