Blog: Dementia

If you start to see signs of your elderly parent’s physical or mental well-being changing, it can be hard to know if it’s just the symptoms of normal aging or signs of something more serious like dementia.   Age-Associated Memory Impairment Forgetfulness is not an uncommon thing. However, there comes…

Dementia is a broad term that involves problems with reasoning, planning, judgment, memory, and other mental activities due to brain damage caused by insufficient blood flow. Although a stroke can induce dementia by blocking an artery in the brain, strokes do not always result in dementia. The degree and location…

Combined $2-plus million investment will improve services, boost team IntegraCare is now managing day-to-day operations at Exton Senior Living and Glen Mills Senior Living, two licensed personal care communities located near Philadelphia. IntegraCare, based near Pittsburgh, now manages 15 senior living communities in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. A combined significant…

Senior living community will enable participants to experience the effects of aging and dementia EASTON, Md. – Candle Light Cove senior living community will host a Virtual Dementia Tour on Tuesday, April 17. BrightStar Care will sponsor the event. The Virtual Dementia Tour lasts approximately 20 minutes and simulates the…

 High School student with ties Newhaven Court at Lindwood senior community helped organize charity event GREENSBURG – Newhaven Court at Lindwood Executive Director Lori Grant was among seven employees of the senior living community who spent a Saturday playing dodgeball. “It was just so fun. It brought back a lot…

 Senior living community touts understanding of cognitive impairment during March 13 event      BUTLER – Newhaven Court at Clearview will host the Dementia Live Program on March 13, as the senior living community hopes to provide participants with a deeper understanding of what it’s like to live with cognitive impairment…

Working with residents living with Alzheimer’s and dementia, we see how this disease robs people of their memories and eventually the things that make them who they are.  What isn’t always shared is how the disease takes its toll on their personalities, including skills and hobbies they’ve long since mastered….

EASTON, MD — Candle Light Cove Assisted Living and Memory Care community, with the help of sponsors like Londonderry, Home Instead, the Alzheimer’s Association, Talbot Hospice, Brightstar Care, Chesapeake College, The Star Democrat, Academy Art Museum, and more, was able to present a week of events entitled ‘Absence Week’ that…

  Senior living community will hold ‘Absence Week’ from Oct. 16-20 with proceeds to benefit Alzheimer’s Association EASTON, Maryland – Candle Light Cove Assisted Living and Memory Care will hold “Absence Week” from Oct. 16 to 20 with a series of events, including three performances of the award-winning play “Absence”…

What is Alzheimer’s disease? Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive and degenerative brain disorder. It impairs the ability to learn, make judgment, communicate effectively and also affects the ability to live a normal daily life. Alzheimer’s can also cause changes in behavior both mentally and physically as well as trigger paranoia,…