Help Me Do it Alone Quite a title isn’t it? What does it mean ‘help me do it alone?” Our society puts too much emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease, the labels and symptoms generally associated with the disease. But little emphasis is placed on the people who suffer from the disease. Do you know what your…
Helping caregivers in their daily lives How does the Montessori method adapted for seniors with Alzheimer’s disease provide support and a solution for caregivers in their daily lives? Following a diagnosis of cognitive impairment in a loved one, the caregiver considers himself or herself capable of meeting the challenge alone and often for a few…
Putting a smile on your face while living with cognitive impairment. Do you perceive the disease as a loss of identity and individuality of the whole person? In his book “The Myth of Alzheimer’s Disease”, author Peter Whitehouse proposes a redefinition and reconstruction of our language about the disease. According to him, our perceptions of…
