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Dementia Care at Home
Dementia is a brain disorder that makes it hard for people to remember, learn and communicate, caused by damaged brain cells. Injuries to the head, stroke, tumor or disease are all likely candidates for the onset of dementia. The changes in memory, learning, and communication deter from a patient’s ability to care for themselves, and subsequently result in behavioral, mood and personality changes. Lapses in memory and clear thinking are symptoms of developing dementia, thus resulting in disruptive behavior and confusion. This can be heartbreaking and difficult for family and friends. Dementia care at home can help a patient stay connected with their loved ones while receiving medical attention and trained health care.
Home dementia care is available from professional companions and health aids through Lifeline Companion Services. Their services help secure the safety of affected individuals and work with the patient’s behavioral problems and temper to ease confusion and set a comfortable routine for them. The professional staff at Lifeline Companion Services are screened, trained and have a minimum of three years working with the elderly or disabled; they can connect with patients in many ways due to their experience. Dementia care professionals could help assist in daily life and remembering, as well as in case of emergencies - medical or otherwise. Home health aids can also work mental exercises with dementia patients to stimulate memory and carefully monitor the slowing or stopping of memory loss under doctor guidance.
A loved one’s memory loss can be scary for friends and family. Marked loss of memory for recent events, such as losing items, getting lost in familiar areas, and missing appointments can be confusing, frustrating and even endangering to patients. What if a patient loses expensive medication? Or they get lost driving at night? In addition, these symptoms can also show themselves if they’re having trouble cooking, paying bills or driving, or understanding what they are watching on the evening news or the plot of a movie at the theater. Home health aids can prevent such patients who may possibly put themselves or others in danger from doing so, but also from a constricting institutionalized life.
A dementia care companion can help someone retain their memory for as long as possible, inhibiting their use of approximate and empty phrases, coaching them to remember other’s identities, and hindering impulsive actions, comments or socially inappropriate behavior. A professional can work through multiple therapies, maintain their happiness and health through their company, and ease the burden of the responsibilities associated with living at home, like maintenance and errands.
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