Content that is particularly relevant to professional care providers, activity professionals, designers and architects of dementia friendly living communities, and anyone involved in the dementia friendly movement, like library workers, salon workers, etc.

Good memory care design should incorporate elements to enhance self-esteem and quality of life.

MEMORY CARE DESIGN FOR PROFESSIONALS

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Memory care design professionals play a crucial role in creating environments that support the well-being of individuals with memory impairments and other cognitive and neurological conditions. Professional expertise in designing safe and stimulating spaces enables them to address the unique needs and challenges faced by these individuals. Through thoughtful choices, memory care design professionals can enhance quality of life and promote independence for those in their care.

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Gardening Life Station and Fishing Life Stations installed in a memory care community

The Benefits of Life Stations in Memory Care

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Incorporating Life Stations, or Life Skills Stations, into memory care and dementia care communities offers significant advantages that enhance the quality of life for residents. These thoughtfully designed interactive areas, which mimic familiar settings from the past, can have a profound impact on individuals with memory impairments.

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Make Libraries Dementia Friendly

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Dementia Friendly Library

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A library can be an influential and valuable part of creating a community that is supportive to people living with dementia, including care providers.

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Researchers in the U.K. have found declining dementia rates over two decades

Conditions That Mimic Alzheimer’s (Why Early Diagnosis is Important)

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There are many reasons to get an early and accurate diagnosis if you suspect dementia. Included: treatment is sometimes more effective when started early, early diagnosis gives one time to get affairs in order, and diagnosis might be more accurate if done early. Most importantly, there are many diseases and conditions that mimic Alzheimer’s disease as well as the symptoms associated with most other causes of dementia. Many of these are treatable and even curable!

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Music and the Brain

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Imaging technologies like the fMRI, the EEG, SPECT scan, and the CT PET scan allow us to watch electrical activity and blood flow in the brain as it responds to different stimuli and situations. One thing we are learning is there is a special connection between music and the brain.

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Dolls as Therapy for Dementia

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At a conference we attended recently we were able to spend some face time with Cindy and Darryl, creators of Serenity Babies. We had a really nice visit, as it has been a couple of years since we last saw them. They shared some tips for using dolls as therapy.

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Lifestyle choices reduce plaques and tangles

UCLA Study Finds Certain Lifestyle Choices Reduce Plaques and Tangles in the Brain

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A recent study found that certain lifestyle factors reduce the amount of amyloid plaque and fibrillary tangles in the brain. These plaques and tangles are always present in the Alzheimer’s affected brain. Diet & exercise.

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How Alzheimer's Affects Perception - this optical illusion illustrates how the brain determines what we see

How Alzheimer’s Affects Perception

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Our sense organs are an extension of our brain.  It is through these specialized organs that we get information about our surroundings and about ourselves.  But Alzheimer’s affects perception in a way that makes understanding the world difficult.

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