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Tips to Manage the Concealed Elements of Dementia: Aggression and Anxiety

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Scientists have gauged that about 7.4% of Indians aged 60 years and above are diagnosed with dementia. This accounts for about 8.8 million Indians with dementia. Dementia is a medical term referring to the loss of memory, decision-making, language, and thinking abilities that impart a significant influence on the elderly’s daily life. Damage to the brain cells is the primitive cause of memory loss disorders like Dementia. This damage affects the communication between the brain cells. The changes that arise in the brain cells trigger shifts in one’s feelings, behavior, cognitive ability, and functional performance. Dementia causes elders to showcase negative behaviors and feelings such as anger, depression, aggression, and anxiety. Anxiety and depression emerge due to different reasons and can be challenging to handle. When elders become anxious they become restless, pace around, and become upset over specific things or situations. When they turn aggressive they may be shouting, verba

Common Misconceptions About Alzheimer’s Disease

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The mere term ‘Alzheimer’s’ causes immense panic among the common public, and there’s a valid reason behind such a reaction as well. The amount of myths that have spurred out of Alzheimer’s disease is insane, which has subsequently left many, including senior citizens wondering which of them are actually true. Hence, in the hopes of creating more awareness, we’ll be shedding a bit of light on the myths and facts about Alzheimer’s disease, subsequently offering the readers enough clarity on it.  Alzheimer’s disease is inarguably one of the deadliest diseases in the entire world, primely because they are irreversible. Once diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, there is, unfortunately, no going back. “Alzheimer's is not about the past—the successes, the accolades, the accomplishments… Alzheimer's is about the present and the struggle, the scrappy brawl, the fight to live with a disease. It's being in the present, the relationships, the experiences, which is the core of life, the

In-house Transition Care for Elders

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Transition Care is a full-service care programme that offers a certain kind of space and setting so that elderly people can take their time adjusting to the environment change. This service entails housing senior citizens in a specialized, multi-disciplinary environment that provides them with access to a range of healthcare resources, including physical and rehab care, dementia and memory care, breathing exercises, spiritual wellness, yoga for seniors, music therapy , and skilled nursing care services provided in athulya assisted living setting that closely resembles a home. Senior citizens are typically treated for their disease and discharged from healthcare facilities after receiving advice to make regular visits to monitor their health. What people tend to forget is that for an elderly person, there is a certain period between hospital discharge and home that necessitates special attention and care and is essential for the person's post-hospitalization mental and physical reh

Benefits of Rehabilitation in Stroke Depression

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If you or a loved one has ever had a stroke, you are mindful of what a life-changing event it can be. You might be wondering what life will be like now that you're home from the hospital, even though the first few days after your stroke will be geared to getting up and walking so you can be discharged from the hospital. Each post-stroke is encountered by depression but it may differ in its symptoms and length. After a stroke, the majority of the symptoms manifest three to six months later. Although it can start a month after a stroke and last for years, it can also start right away. This disparity in onset times may be caused by two things: changes in mood and personality that develop over time, as well as physiological changes that take place in the brain after a stroke. For stroke survivors, the risk of depression is a regular occurrence. It frequently results from metabolic alterations in the brain. Positive feelings might not be experienced by the sufferer of a brain injury. D