Does your elderly loved one have a dementia diagnosis? If so, you may want to learn more about how this disease affects the brain and information processing. By learning about these things, it can help you to develop a better and more effective care plan for your elderly loved one. It can also help you to work more efficiently with the personal care at home providers because you will have a better idea of what is going on.

Personal Care at Home Aides may Notice Attention Issues

People who have dementia will experience attention issues. These can start in a mild manner. However, throughout the course and progression of the disease, they will get worse. Some of the attention issues that may be noticed include:

• Getting hyper focused on an object or subject
• Getting distracted during conversations
• Not being able to complete activities

These are just some ways that dementia can affect a person’s attention span. If your elderly loved one’s attention is too impaired, it may be a good idea to have personal care at home providers be there with them during the day.

Executive Functions

If your elderly loved one has dementia, they are going to experience issues with their executive function skills, too. Some of the things that you may notice with your elderly loved one include:

• Can’t stick to plans they make
• Not able to organize their house or belongings
• Forgetting important conversations
• Forgetting when appointments are or what appointments they have
• Difficulty with making decisions

If these things just happen randomly and not very often, it could just be a sign of aging. However, if they are often and becoming even more frequent, it could be from dementia.

Language Issues

With dementia, there are also many language issues that come up. If your elderly loved one has this disease, some of the language problems that may be noticed include:

• Can’t find the proper words to use during conversation
• Mixing words (ex. saying spoon instead of couch)
• Not understanding what someone is saying to them

Language issues will become more and more frequent. They will become more severe, as well. Later in the disease, your elderly loved one won’t be able to hold a conversation. In the meantime, if you are having a tough time coping with these issues, it is okay to let personal care at home providers step in to help out.

These are some of the ways that dementia affects the brain and information processing. If your elderly loved one does have this disease, hopefully by learning more about these issues, you can develop a better and more effective care plan for them.

Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4104432/
https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/physical-activity-and-motor-ability-associated-better-cognition-older-adults-even-dementia

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Stephen Sternbach

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With over 35 years of experience, Stephen Sternbach has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Star Multi Care Services since 1987. After the sale of the New York and New Jersey operations of Star Multi Care Services, Sternbach brought the company private where he remains President and CEO of this 40-million dollar company. With Sternbach at the helm, Star Multi Care Services employs more than 650 employees, in six offices throughout Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York.

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