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Top 10 Activities for Engaging Seniors at Home + 10 More To Explore!

2024-06-27T07:00:41-04:00

-  By Paul Foresman - When we moved Mom in to live with us after her fall and rehab, we wondered how life would change. Engaging activities helped her to thrive. Here is my top 10 list of activities for engaging seniors at home, plus 10 more you’ll want to explore! Top 10 More Activities For Engaging Seniors At Home 1. Cooking and Baking One of Mom’s specialties was making pies. Nobody made better ones, and she loved treating us all. Cooking and baking allowed her to express her creativity and try new dishes. It also provided her with a sense [...]

Top 10 Activities for Engaging Seniors at Home + 10 More To Explore!2024-06-27T07:00:41-04:00

Making Your Home Dementia-Friendly: A Guide

2024-05-30T08:25:42-04:00

With 80% of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias living in their homes (CDC), creating a dementia-friendly environment can make a huge difference. Dementia can impact memory, reasoning, senses, and mobility, so adapting the living space can help make daily life safer, easier, and less confusing. Here are some tips for creating a dementia-friendly home. Clear Pathways Rodney is a “hoarder.” From teetering piles of magazines to overstuffed boxes, narrow were the footpaths through his apartment. It wasn’t as much of an issue when he was thinking clearly, but the onset of dementia made it more problematic. Slowly, with a [...]

Making Your Home Dementia-Friendly: A Guide2024-05-30T08:25:42-04:00

Don’t Forget This Proven Dementia Treatment

2023-11-16T12:00:49-05:00

Doris was an independent, take-charge individual, who prided herself on her self-sufficiency. A tireless worker, she was regarded in her community and at church as a resourceful person who got things done. Still, life had dealt her a tough hand, having lost her only daughter to breast cancer and then her husband to lung cancer. Then came her own diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Following the diagnosis, Doris slowly pulled back. Though she enjoyed it, she stopped volunteering at the library. Church attendance became more erratic. Doris’s niece and her husband, the only family living nearby, took on increasing caregiving responsibilities for [...]

Don’t Forget This Proven Dementia Treatment2023-11-16T12:00:49-05:00

Can Alzheimer’s Patients Sign Legal Documents?

2023-09-07T17:12:34-04:00

That was the quandary a family we were talking with was facing. Can Alzheimer's patients sign legal documents? Was it too late to appoint powers of attorney? Create health care directives, or update mom's will? Sunlight recently spoke with Mary Vandenack and Marian Weaver with Vandenack Weaver LLC, an Omaha-based law firm that specializes in elder law. Mary Vandenack brings more than three decades of experience and profound insights into the realm of elder law. Marian Weaver, the firm’s Life Care Planning Care Coordinator, offers a distinct perspective on holistic planning. Mary Vandenack According to Vandenack, “An Alzheimer’s (or [...]

Can Alzheimer’s Patients Sign Legal Documents?2023-09-07T17:12:34-04:00

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West Des Moines, IA 50266
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