April 29, 2019
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Reprinted with kind permission “Sundowning” is an area I feel is a distorted viewpoint and yet another “label” for cognitively aware people to use, when they misunderstand and misrepresent people living with dementia. Personally, my belief is there is no such thing as “sundowning”. That it is yet another term
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ5BEubs1X0[/embedyt] Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) or winter depression as it is also known, is a form of depression that follows a season pattern and appears and disappears at the same time each year. SAD appears when winter approaches and daylight hours become shorter and when spring returns and days
Exploring depression with Tracey Maxfield http://www.blogtalkradio.com/exploringawesome/2018/05/30/exploring-depression-w-nurse-educator-and-author-tracey-maxfield
Dementia Aware: what you need to know after being diagnosed with dementia Finding out that you have dementia can be a very upsetting and frightening time for the person with dementia, the caregiver and the family. Suddenly, the life path you were on has now changed direction, your hopes and