Dementia Aware: what you need to know about reducing dementia risk factors The world has experienced many epidemics in its history. Most were the result of infectious disease e.g. Spanish flu; they came and then went away. The dementia epidemic is not an infectious disease, and we cannot afford to
Finding out you have dementia can be upsetting and frightening for the person with dementia, the caregiver and the family. Suddenly, the life path you were on has now changed direction. Your hopes and dreams for the future may seem unattainable; you may feel helpless, hopeless and lost, but what you need to know is
How to calm a person living with dementia who appears agitated https://hopeforthecaregiver.podbean.com/e/caregivers-calming-an-agitated-loved-one-suffering-from-dementia/
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g6NfpQ451s[/embedyt] November is National Native American Heritage Month in the USA and I thought this is a good opportunity to not only talk about mental illness and suicide in Native American and Alaskan Natives children and teenagers, but also to highlight mental illness and suicide in other indigenous populations
