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Care Navigation is Key to Finding Next Step Advice
How to Navigate the Dementia Journey Following its mission of empowering those diagnosed and their caregiving families, Amazing Place began offering Care Navigation publicly five years ago. Through this free service, our trained dementia experts act as a compass...
Tips for Keeping Your Brain Healthy – 45% of Dementia Cases Can Be Prevented
Researchers are learning a lot about how to keep our brains healthy, sharp and more resilient to dementia later in life. In fact, about 45% of dementia cases can be prevented or delayed by improving daily habits. “We want to encourage you to be your own brain health...
Hearing Loss Can Impact Your Memory and How You Process Information
Why is this important? A new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study confirms a link between hearing loss and dementia. In fact, individuals with hearing loss are at a higher risk of developing dementia and other cognitive impairments. Further, an...
Is It Time To Ask For and Accept Help?
“The more you open the door to accepting help, the more empowered and positive you will feel on the journey,” says Amazing Place Family Services Director Arlene Schollaert, LCSW. “Recognizing the barriers you put up that can isolate you is a great first step in...
Women and Dementia
So why is dementia so prevalent among women? With a Master of Science in Gerontology, Mehrnaz Gill, MSG, Amazing Place’s Clinical Training Director, has spent her career studying dementia and developing programs for those and their loved ones in need. “There is...
Traveling Tips for Caregivers
Planning is essential when traveling with a loved one facing the challenges that come with dementia. Based on the expertise from the staff at Amazing Place and our caregivers, we have put together a list of...
Star-C Caregiver Program Provides Personalized Reinforcement
After she completed her Savvy Caregiver class at Amazing Place, Marilyn was coping day-to-day at her home with her newly acquired skills. However, she realized she needed reinforcement of what she had learned. The STAR-C Caregiver program at Amazing Place that...
Coping with the Long Goodbye
So how do you cope through an extended grieving process? Amazing Place Family Services Director Arlene Schollaert, LCSW, shares that caregivers who are experiencing ambiguous loss as defined by Pauline Boss, PhD and Family Therapist who introduced the theory of The...
Dr. Yu and Her Daughter Share a Passion to Care for Those Coping with Dementia
Dr. Melissa Yu, Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center, Department of Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine, FAAN, and member of the Amazing Place Advisory Council, believes that everyone deserves dignity and respect. This belief is a family affair-- her...
It’s Better to Be Kind Than Correct
Dr. Harmon sat down with us to share a few of the insights she learned about caregiving and surviving the impact that dementia had on their family. Amazing Place (AP): You learned a lot along the eight-year journey with your husband. Are there a few...
Benefits of an Adult Day Program for People Diagnosed with Dementia
As the number of older adults living in the community grows, the use and demand for long-term care is also increasing. Nevertheless, given the choice, many older adults prefer to stay at home to “age in place.” This preference is reflected in the increasing number of...
Having “The Dementia” Conversation
The National Institute on Aging defines dementia in two parts: Having two or more core functions that are impaired. These functions include memory, language skills, visual perception, and the ability to focus and pay attention. Also included are cognitive skills such...
Whole Foods Are Brain-Healthy Foods
Eating well is a first step in brain health prevention and lessening the risk of dementia as you age. At Amazing Place, we follow the evidence-based Memory Preservation Nutrition® program* which is as easy to follow at home as it is in our on-site kitchen. Some basics...
6 Tips for Talking to Someone with Dementia
With that said, there are definitely ways to make talking to someone with dementia more productive and enjoyable. In the Savvy Caregiver programs we offer at Amazing Place, we practice different techniques that may be useful. Below are six evidence-based...
6 Ways to Manage Dementia Caregiver Stress
As the Family Services Director at Amazing Place specializing in geriatrics and dementia, Arlene Schollaert, LCSW, knows that managing caregiver stress means staying mindful of both your physical and emotional health. Easier said than done, but Arlene points out that...
Simple Habits to Exercise Your Brain and Improve Memory
Healthy Aging The dementia experts at Amazing Place know there are several key pillars to healthy aging: Exercise Stress reduction Nutrition Memory enhancement strategies Memory Training techniques, once you know them, can easily become part of your daily routine....