Nearly half of individuals diagnosed with dementia experience anxiety, but you can help your loved one to manage anxiety by understanding its causes and having strategies in place. This may also help to prevent the worsening of cognitive function that can be caused by anxiety. Helping your loved one manage their dementia-related anxiety starts with understanding the signs and symptoms.
Are you visiting your aging parents for the holidays and are wondering what signs to look for if you are worried about dementia? Take this time to make sure they are ok and get help if needed.
When we notice changes in our loved one’s behavior and increased forgetfulness it can feel alarming and overwhelming, even if we feel we have prepared ourselves for this moment. What do I do now? Who can I turn to in my area?Â
Lately you’ve noticed that you’ve been misplacing items or have been a little more forgetful than usual. Are you just getting older? Or is it dementia?
When a person with dementia hallucinates, they experience something very real to them that nobody else does, because they sense something that isn’t there.Â
If you are on the receiving end of aggressive behavior remember that it is not about you and the person with dementia is not behaving as they are on purpose.Â
Inappropriate sexual behavior is disturbing, but it may feel like a much greater challenge when your loved one or the one you care for with dementia acts in ways that are new or different for them.
With sundown syndrome not being a disease in itself, there is no specific treatment to reduce a person’s symptoms. But, as caregivers, we can reduce the risk factors that aggravate sundown syndrome behaviors.