April 2017 - Alivity Care Advocates

Parent Not Accepting Placement in Assisted Living?

It’s not always easy to tell when your parent or another family member or loved one needs more help. The following warning signs provided by our senior care management experts may indicate that it’s time for a talk about assisted living. [Read More...]

Cancer Drug That Might Slow Parkinson’s?

Scientists are hoping that a single drug can treat two devastating brain diseases: Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. parkinson's care - elderly care rochester

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A colored magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brain of a 76-year-old patient with dementia shows the brain has atrophied and the dark brown fluid-filled spaces have become enlarged. [Read More...]

Ten Real-Life Strategies for Dementia Caregiving

As caregivers, we often use intuition to help us decide what to do. No one ever gave us lessons on how to relate to someone with memory loss. Unfortunately, dealing with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is counterintuitive; i.e., often the right thing to do is exactly opposite that which seems like the right thing to do. [Read More...]

Combining daycare for children and elderly people benefits all generations

Catrin Hedd Jones, Bangor University We live in a society where care of young and old is increasingly segregated, with very limited opportunity for the two age groups to interact. [Read More...]