Senior Care Notes: Understanding depression in seniors
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Multiple surveys indicate that 78 percent to 92 percent of seniors prefer to age in place and remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own home. When chronic health conditions such as dementia, surgery or the normal aging process make it unsafe for a senior to live at home, family, friends, and home care...
Wandering poses one of the greatest safety risks for a senior with Alzheimer’s disease. There are over 5.5 million people in the United States with the disease and more than 60 percent of those affected will wander at some point through the progression of the disease. It’s a problem that will continue to grow. Unless...
Dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability that interferes with daily life. In its broadest term it is deterioration in brain function that affects memory, communications, and behavior. The most common form of Dementia is Alzheimer’s Disease that accounts for an estimated 60 to 80 percent of cases. Today, approximately five...