Home Design: Use this safety Checklist for living at home with dementia. It can alert you to potential hazards. Your home is a personal and precious environment. As you go through this checklist, make adaptations that modify and simplify without severely disrupting the home. You may want to consider setting aside a special area for yourself, a space off-limits to …
September Caregiver Connection: Wandering
As many as 60% of the 5.1 million Americans with Alzheimer’s disease will display wandering behaviors at some point in the disease process. Sometimes wandering is little more than continual pacing within a small area, but it can often lead to the individual becoming separated from their caregiver. People that display this behavior may wander around the room, from room …
Wandering and Safety
Our Communications and Programs Specialist, Amelia Frank, will be on Fox 7 tomorrow morning to discuss wandering, and how caregivers can keep their loved ones safe. The segment is part of a story about Antonio Perea, a local man who has been missing since Sunday morning. With temperatures approaching 100°, it’s critical that he’s found as soon as possible. …