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2. Is It Time to Put Your Senior Relative with Dementia in a ...

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   Benefits of day care for dementia patients. Memory care day centers provide a spectrum of services, so the benefits can extend into a number of areas for seniors with dementia:

3. Geriatric care management - Wikipedia

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   Geriatric care management is the process of planning and coordinating care of the elderly and others with physical and/or mental impairments to meet their long term care needs, improve their quality of life, and maintain their independence for as long as possible.

4. Dementia caregiving - Wikipedia

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   Since dementia patients have trouble communicating their needs, this can be frustrating for the nurse. Nurses may have a hard time forming relationships with their dementia patients because of the communication barrier. How the dementia patient feels is based on their social interactions, and they may feel neglected because of this barrier. [35]

5. Long-term care - Wikipedia

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   Long-term care is focused on individualized and coordinated services that promote independence, maximize patients' quality of life, and meet patients' needs over a period of time. [ 1 ] It is common for long-term care to provide custodial and non-skilled care, such as assisting with activities of daily living like dressing , feeding, using the ...

6. Family caregivers - Wikipedia

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   This trend has implications for families, patients, family caregivers' workplaces, health care organizations, and insurers, including Medicare and Medicaid. A survey by AARP in 2010 states that "29% of the U.S. adult population, or 65.7 million people, are caregivers, including 31% of all households.

7. Lighting for the elderly - Wikipedia

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   These patients exhibit intermittent sleep throughout the 24-hour day, instead of consolidated sleep at night and wakefulness during the day. [ 4 ] Poor sleep is one of the largest complaints among the elderly, and poor sleep can be linked to a wide variety of problems including increased cardiovascular problems, disruption of endocrine ...