Take the free UNI Dementia Simulation challenge. Get a glimpse of what it's like to live with dementia. Because dementia is so often misunderstood, the University of Northern Iowa's Gerontology ...
AGAWAM, Mass. (WWLP) – About 7 million people suffer from dementia in the United States. Despite how common it may be, it’s still a challenge for many people to understand what it’s like to live with ...
WASHINGTON (7NEWS) — This June is Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month. To mark the event, Sunrise of McLean teamed up with Insight Memory Care to host a dementia simulation experience. They joined ...
CHIPLEY, Fla. (WMBB) – Dementia often leads to feelings of confusion and frustration for those who experience it. But one training method is showing what it’s like to experience the disability ...
SHILLINGTON, Pa. - A new program to show people what it's like to have dementia is taking place at a senior care facility in Shillington. The training is used to give people a better understanding of ...
BUFORD, Ga. — Former President Jimmy Carter has been on home hospice care for more than three months now. It’s helping bust the myth that hospice care is only for the last few hours or days of someone ...
Behind the home want to break stereotypes such as dementia only affects memory, senses like vision and feeling are impacted too, and it's hard to differentiate outside noises from conversations. Those ...
Have you ever wondered how an Alzheimer’s patient literally views the world and what they experience in the confusion? Now, families and caregivers can have the experience through special goggles ...
Communication is not just words spoken by one and listening by another. Communication involves body language, voice inflection, visual ...
The Alzheimer’s Alliance of Smith County is offering a free experience for East Texas residents to better understand what living with dementia can be like. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause ...
On Feb. 1 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. the {span}Alzheimer’s Alliance of Smith County will be offering a free Virtual Dementia Tour to help caregivers better understand behaviors of those suffering from ...