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Tips For Caring For Your Loved One With Dementia
Our guest, Katharine J. Richards, has a few tips for caring for your loved one with Dementia.
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Occupational Therapy & Dementia
Occupational therapists are trained experts in activity analysis and approach dementia as a condition that affects occupational performance.
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Dementia & The Grief Process
Caregivers for dementia patients experience anticipatory grief, so they have started a grief process.
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How Physical Therapy Slows the Symptoms of Dementia
Physical therapy is one approach that has been proven to improve the symptoms and slow the progression of Dementia.
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Time Is Only On Our Side For So Long
Finding folks like Medical House Calls with Compassion (spearheaded by Dr. Sheryl Pearl) has been a lifesaver.
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Alzheimer's & Dementia: Caregiving Takes Patience & Flexibility
Each person with Alzheimer's disease will experience its symptoms and progression differently.
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Dementia - Diagnosis, Needs Assessment, and Support
Dementia is a prevalent issue that a proportion of our elderly community is forced to face.
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Dr. Pearl Discusses Grief
It is difficult on Long Island and the surrounding area to not know someone affected by Covid-19. There is so much grief and stress right...
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Advanced Directives - MOLST Forms
A Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment or, more simply, a 'MOLST' Form is a portable medical order form that must be honored by...
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