Who can benefit from Pathways to Memory™
Home care agencies usually train personnel in how to care for and be sensitive to mentally impaired clients, but the Pathways to Memory™ program might be the first to personally engage clients.
-Linda Sabo, professional Memory Care expert – upstate New York
Helping those with memory impairment from any of the following:
Early stage Alzheimer’s Disease, mid stage Alzheimer’s Disease, Pick’s Disease, Frontal Temporal Dementia (FTD), Lewy Bodies Disease, non-specified Dementia or Memory Loss.
We serve individuals who exhibit one or more of these traits:
- cognitive decline
- disturbing or disruptive behavior
- difficulty performing familiar tasks
- disorientation to time and place
- loss of words / problems with language
- shortened attention span
- suspicious, paranoid or delusional
- losing ability to recognize friends or family
- forgetting to complete common daily tasks (dressing, grooming, eating)
- changes in mood or personality
- loss of initiative or heightened apathy
- high frustration and/or elevated anxiety level
- abnormal irritability / over-reacting to normal situations
- decline in judgment and safety
- challenges with performing daily personal care activities
- becoming socially isolated and withdrawn
- forgetting things often - not remembering later
- problems with abstract thinking (paying bills / managing checkbook)
- misplacing things or putting them in unusual places
- inability to concentrate – repeats statements or stories
- difficulty processing new information
- unexplained sadness or tears
- changes in eating habits
- insomnia, sleep interruptions or sleeping too much
- problems with social activities and family relations
- overall difficulty communicating, learning, thinking and reasoning
Contact us for more information about Pathways to Memory™ or to locate a Pathways provider in your area.
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