Dementia Caregivers Sri Lanka

12/09/2024

10 Tips for communicating with a person who has dementia

04/04/2024

P-tau217 and other Blood test to diagnose Early Dementia's.

UK memory clinics start large trials.

This will reduce the cost and invasiveness of diagnosing early dementia otherwise done through MRI PET or Spinal lumbar punctures.

If Dementia is diagnosed early access to treatment possibilities will be more.

The long-term hope is that more people will be able to access new treatments at an earlier stage.

17/10/2023

20/09/2023

How do you prevent falls?
Lanka Alzheimer's Foundation

31/08/2023

Are you taking care of your loved ones from far away

These are some tips for caregiver from far away.

29/08/2023

A person with dementia is still a person. Do not let him/her feel differently.

19/09/2022

Dementia caregiver tip. If you are finding it difficult to explain what's needed to be done, try showing them instead.

24/08/2022

Establishing routine for a person living with dementia helps organize not only yourself but is very beneficial for the patient.

04/05/2022

Seeing or hearing things which are not there (hallucinations) can cause distress to a person living with dementia.

Its the duty of the caregiver to reassess, reassure & to find out what's causing the hallucination. DO NOT yell.

A person living with dementia sometimes has difficulty in understanding their environment.
By being kind & using common sense we can help them.

The UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Video series provides viewers with practical tools you can use in a variety of settings to create a safe, comfortable ...

27/04/2022

The greatest thing a caregiver can do for a person living with dementia is to tell him/her

"You are not not alone, I am right here with you"‍❤️