EPISODE · Jun 13, 2022 · 19 MIN
Episode 15: How Long Can Someone with Dementia Live Alone Safely?
from Home Designs For Life: Remodeling Ideas To Increase Safety, Function, And Accessibility In The Home. · host Janet Engel, OT/L, CAPS
Send us a text. We love to hear from our fans.As our life expectancy continues to increase, so does our likelihood of developing dementia. Dementia is a condition characterized by progressive or persistent loss of intellectual functioning, especially with impairment of memory and abstract thinking, and often with personality change, resulting from organic disease of the brain. Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, and frontotemporal dementia, are just a few diseases that fall under this large umbrella. Dementia affects our ability to carry out activities of daily living (ADL’s). Once a diagnosis of dementia has been determined, does this mean that the individual is no longer able to live alone, safely? The answer is complicated. Please listen to learn more about this topic.https://homedesignsforlife.com/2022/06/12/can-a-person-with-dementia-live-alone-safely/Support the showwebsite: https://homedesignsforlife.com/Email: [email protected]
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Send us a text. We love to hear from our fans. As our life expectancy continues to increase, so does our likelihood of developing dementia. Dementia is a condition characterized by progressive or persistent loss of intellectual functioning, especially with impairment of memory and abstract thinking, and often with personality change, resulting from organic disease of the brain. Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, and frontotemporal dementia, are just a few diseases tha...
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