Innovative care approaches for people with dementia Fact checked by Shannon Sparks As our population ages, the demand for specialized memory care is on the rise. About 2 in 3 Americans have some level of cognitive impairment by age 70. Women and men have a 37% and 24% risk respectively of dementia, and memory care clinics […]
Op-Ed: Senior Tech Meets the Challenges of an Aging Society
Caregiving is committed to publishing a diversity of opinions. The opinions expressed in this op-ed article are the author’s own. Americans are living longer today, with more than 54 million people age 65 and older. With Read More
Pat Walker was feeling particularly low. A sister had just died, and after a huge fight with her daughter, she couldn’t get out of bed. For this active, engaged 74-year-old, that was unheard of. Read More
We’ve all felt the tug of something tangible snapping us back to moments in our past, such as the whiff of our grandmother’s perfume on a stranger, which reminds us of her warm Read More
Try these communication pointers to connect to loved ones with dementia When Peter Zollo’s mother passed away in December, relatives spoke at the Zoom funeral about the happiest years of her life — before she Read More