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Summer is Here - How Can the Person with Dementia Successfully Enjoy It?
Summer is the perfect time to enjoy your favorite parks, vacation spots, beaches, and other places. But an outing can be difficult for the person with dementia. Careful pre-planning can help make it successful.
This includes things like ensuring the person stays hydrated and other safety considerations. Also, keeping things simple and predictable.
Read more about promoting successful summer outings
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What to Make of Touted Memory Loss Remedies
New proposed treatments for memory loss, such as vitamins, eating certain foods, or avoiding certain things, are often in the news. A patient and family dealing with dementia are vulnerable, as they seek anything that might help.
What are patients and families to make of these proposed remedies they here of? The President of the Alzheimer's Association NYC Chapter, Lou-Ellen Barken, shares her words of wisdom on this topic.
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