{"id":1333,"date":"2020-11-11T21:03:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T21:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchingheadev.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/westminster\/?p=341"},"modified":"2020-11-11T21:03:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T21:03:10","slug":"four-steps-to-take-if-your-senior-is-worried-she-has-alzheimers-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/westminster\/blog\/four-steps-to-take-if-your-senior-is-worried-she-has-alzheimers-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Steps to Take if Your Senior Is Worried She Has Alzheimer\u2019s Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alzheimer\u2019s disease is more than just a little bit of memory loss. November is National Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Month, which gives you and your family a chance to learn a lot more about this condition and how it can affect your senior. If your senior is expressing some concerns about memory or even that she thinks she has Alzheimer\u2019s disease, then sit down and talk about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Talk about What She\u2019s Experiencing<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Get some details about what your senior is feeling and noticing. Very often older adults are really worried about Alzheimer\u2019s disease and that concern starts to color every situation that doesn\u2019t feel normal. Collecting as much information as possible is going to be really helpful when you and your senior go to visit her doctor together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Set up a Doctor\u2019s Appointment<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The sooner your senior has some answers, the better. Your elderly family member\u2019s doctor can answer questions for her and do some tests to determine whether she\u2019s really dealing with Alzheimer\u2019s disease or whether there might be something else going on. The sooner that your elderly family member has answers, the better. That gives her a chance to sort out her care plan now and talk to you about what she wants and how she wants the rest of her life to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Bring All the Information You Have about Her Family History<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When you go to the doctor, make sure that you bring whatever you know about your senior\u2019s family history with Alzheimer\u2019s disease and other health conditions. Family history information can tell your senior\u2019s doctor a lot about other possible health issues that could be playing a part in what she\u2019s experiencing. Having the fullest picture possible is going to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Start Lining up Help Now<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether your senior has Alzheimer\u2019s disease or not, she\u2019s already feeling a little concerned about some issues related to memory and possibly other things, too. Having some help on a regular basis gives your senior a little bit of room to breathe and cope with what she\u2019s experiencing. If she does have Alzheimer\u2019s disease, that extra help is going to be important now and in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just because your <a href=\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/\"><strong><em>elderly family member<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is worried about Alzheimer\u2019s disease that doesn\u2019t mean that she\u2019s headed down that road. But it does mean that you and your family need to learn as much as you can about Alzheimer\u2019s disease and how it can present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong><br>If you or an aging loved-one is considering hiring a <a href=\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/westminster\/contact\/\"><em>Senior Care in Boulder, CO<\/em><\/a>, please contact the caring staff at Touching Hearts at Home today at 303-255-4071.<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Care in Boulder CO: Many older adults are afraid that they\u2019ll develop Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,142],"tags":[140,141],"class_list":["post-1333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-health-care-in-boulder-co","category-senior-care-in-boulder-co","tag-alzheimers-disease","tag-senior-care-in-boulder-co"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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