Senior Care: The Stages of Dementia

Although there are many different types of dementia and everyone with dementia is different, there are some reliable stages of dementia that caregivers and loved ones can be aware of to help them better handle the disease. It’s truly best to promote the positive, or the highest level of independence the senior scan achieve at every stage of dementia, instead of dwelling on the abilities that have been lost.

1. 1^st Stage: High-Early: Challenges associated with the high-early stage of dementia deal with daily living. Things like managing the finances, cooking, driving, and managing medications become difficult at this stage due to cellular death in the area that is responsible for cognitive functioning. Seniors living alone at this stage need someone to check on them daily.
   
   
2. 2^nd Stage: Low-Early: Challenges such as showering and dressing are impacted during this stage, and the senior should have 24 hour supervision, due to impaired judgment and the senior’s inability to perceive safety issues. The senior at this stage is still goal-directed.
   
   
3. 3^rd Stage: Middle-Moderate: The ability to proceed through a long-remembered sequence of steps (like how to shave), is now lost. At this stage, the senior requires assistance for everything. At this stage, however, there are methods to getting the senior to participate in activities that are meaningful to them.
   
   
4. 4^th Stage: Late: Fine motor coordination, as well as talking and walking are severely compromised at this stage. One-on-one care is required; however, seniors at this stage can communicate through facial expressions and behavior.
   
   
5. 5^th Stage: End: At this stage, the brain has atrophied and the senior is not able to walk or talk at all. They can still be engaged using their five senses, however, and are fully capable of feeling loved, warm, and safe by their caregivers.

Always Best Care Senior Services has been providing in-home caregivers to seniors around the United States and Canada for the past 20 years. They also provide referral assistance for seniors interested in assisted living communities. If you are interested in receiving information on their dedicated caregivers in Birmingham, Alabama, or more information about dementia care in Birmingham, call (205) 874-9730 or email them at info@bham.abc-seniors.com today.

Talk to an Always Best Care Consultant about Senior Care in Birmingham Alabama

There comes a time in everyone’s life when senior care, whether it’s in-home care, assisted living, nursing home care, dementia care, etc., becomes a consideration. Generally, seniors talk to their families about what type of senior care they are considering, what would be best for them to fulfill their needs, budget, etc. Always Best Care Senior Services has been providing seniors with information about assisted living communities, as well as providing caregivers for everyday in-home care for the past 20 years.

ABC offers free consultations, so that seniors and their families can sit down and talk with an ABC Care Consultant and get a good idea as to which option would be best for them. Considerations such as necessary medical attention, budget, physical, mental, spiritual and social needs are all weighed and taken into account. Many times seniors want to be nearby their families, when this is the case, ABC can help them research assisted living communities regardless of the desired location.

If you live in the central Alabama area, and are considering in-home care in Birmingham, call (205) 874-9730 today for a free consultation. This office also serves several other locations in the central Birmingham including but not limited to Blount, Chilton, Coosa, DeKalb, Jefferson, Marshall, St. Clair, and Tuscaloosa. The Always Best Care in-home care providers are all bonded, insured, CPR and first-aid certified. They are chosen by ABC because they are dedicated and passionate about working with seniors and helping them with not only daily tasks but also with lively conversation and companionship.

One of the benefits of in-home care through ABC is that a number of other special services become available, as well. These include Always in Touch: a telephone reassurance program that is available to seniors (or disabled adults) who are living alone with not much contact with the outside world. Once a day, a phone call is placed to make sure they are safe.

Other free services include Always Safe: a fall prevention and detection program that features Lifeline with Auto Alert; and Always on Call: a program that allows 24/7 access to physicians to seniors and their families.

If you live in the central Alabama area and are interested in obtaining more information about Always Best Care in-home care in Birmingham, or referrals for senior care the Birmingham, Alabama area, call (205)874-9730 today, or email info@bham.abc-seniors.com.