Laura Ingalls Wilder once said: "Home is the nicest word there is." This may be especially true for loved ones affected by Alzheimer's or another type of dementia. The warm, familiar surroundings of home can play an important role in managing cognitive diseases.

Home Instead Senior Care is here to provide compassionate, high-quality memory care right in your loved one's own home. All of our Alzheimer's and dementia CAREGivers take part in our unique and critically acclaimed training program called CARE: Changing Aging through Research and Education. As pioneers in this field, Home Instead Senior Care developed the highest quality dementia caregiver training program available. We have helped change the way people live with Alzheimer's and other dementias.

Alzheimer's Care Services

Alzheimer's disease doesn't only affect the family member with the condition. Alzheimer's impacts whole families. Coping with this progressive condition requires boundless quantities of patience, empathy and love. Professional caregiving provides individualized care for your loved one and gives you back some time to recharge. Our specially trained Alzheimer's CAREGivers offer an expanded array of services to your loved one:

• Encouragement to do as much as they can on their own
• Personal care assistance, such as toileting, bathing and grooming
• Maintain a routine to discourage agitation and outbursts
• Mental stimulation through conversation and other activities
• Maintaining a safe environment
• Manage changing behaviors
• Adapting the level of care as the disease progresses
• Honor who the senior was earlier in life
• Provide nutritious meals
• Assist with ambulation and socialization
• Transport to medical appointments and other events
• Support the family
• Light housework and other household tasks
• Pet care

We would be honored to serve your family. Call us today to learn more about caregiving for your loved one with Alzheimer's, dementia, Parkinson's or another chronic disease.