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If you/your loved one has memory loss, now is the time to consider planning for future health care because you or your loved one’s memory could get worse.

Advance directives are the documents that are used in advanced care planning. Each document has a distinct purpose. Directives provide instructions regarding medical care and designate someone, known as a “proxy” or “surrogate,” who is empowered to make decisions for a person who is unable to make decisions regarding their health care.

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias can gradually diminish a person’s ability to communicate. The ability to exchange our ideas, wishes and feelings is a basic need.

Coping with memory loss, and adapting to changes in the ability to think, remember, and learn can be a time of sadness and frustration for both the person affected and their family/friends.

Private Duty Home Care services provide individualized personal care in the privacy of your home (or in an assisted living facility). In some cases, private duty home care services are needed after Medicare home health or covered services have been exhausted.

To increase emotional comfort, it’s imperative to practice reassuring and realistic self-talk. Affirmations are a good way to silence the self-critical voice we all carry with us that only adds to our stress.