Dementia and Alzheimer’s are often thought of as one and the same, but they are not.
Think of Dementia as a wide beach umbrella that can give enough shade to 4 important people being: Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, dementia with lewy body, and frontotemporal dementia.
Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia that hits people as they get older and its symptoms usually start revealing itself at the age of 60. As a degenerative disease, it gets worse over time as people age. Persons also go through forgetfulness and gradually develop communication disablement. Currently, specific causes have not yet been identified other than the “amyloid cascade hypothesis” and neither are there any kinds of medication available to cure Alzheimer’s.
Dementia is the general term used to describe any signs or symptoms that affect a person’s judgment, memory, and behavior. A person who develops multiple kinds of dementia gets categorized under mixed dementia. Seniors who get diagnosed with dementia often demonstrate behaviors of forgetfulness and confusion even in very familiar and frequent settings. They also show repetitive behaviors when they do regular tasks and because of their forgetfulness, they end up repeating the task again and again.
With Nu-Life Assisted Living, Inc., we provide families who have senior loved ones who are dealing with one or many types of dementia. We understand that there will be bewildering moments when you will fail to comprehend why your senior loved one is going through such a difficult time, especially when your loved one was doing so well and then all of a sudden things take an unexpected turn.
Our Assisted Living Facility in Silver Spring, Maryland provides round-the-clock supervision to take care of your aging loved at our facility. We give them the care they would normally get at home with you. Our competent professionals at Residential Care in Maryland are also able to check their health and well-being by giving supervision on their prescriptions to ensure that they follow and take their dosage and medication.
We hope to help you further understand how your loved ones can be eased from these symptoms. Living with Alzheimer’s and any form of dementia can be manageable with our assistance at Nu-Life Assisted Living, Inc.