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Dementia Answers: What is Palliative Care?
Palliative care for those living with Dementia can enhance the quality of life for those persons and their care partners. Learn more in this Dementia Answers video.

Dr. Jeannine Forrest
11 hours ago2 min read
Dementia Unplugged: Care Essentials - Eating and Drinking
In this episode of Dementia Unplugged™: Care Essentials, we explore the difficulties that people living with Dementia have with eating and drinking. This episode is designed to help caregivers, care partners, family members, and loved ones better understand eating and drinking needs and provide appropriate support for a person living with Dementia.

Dr. Jeannine Forrest
2 days ago2 min read


Dementia Answers: Administering Medications?
Learn how to manage medication administration for someone living with Dementia.

Dr. Jeannine Forrest
Oct 292 min read


Dementia Answers: Sleep Impacts Brain Health?
Learn about the importance of sleep in Dementia care and tips for improving sleep quality.

Dr. Jeannine Forrest
Oct 272 min read


Dementia Answers: Why Avoid Criticism?
Learn why it's important to avoid criticizing someone living with Dementia, and how to support that person in the moment.

Dr. Jeannine Forrest
Oct 252 min read


Dementia Answers: How to Support LGBTQIA+?
Learn how sensitivity to LGBTQIA+ identity can be impactful in the context of Dementia care.

Dr. Jeannine Forrest
Oct 232 min read


Dementia Answers: Why Does Culture Matter?
Learn why Dementia care should be culturally sensitive and respect the individual's background.

Team Writer
Oct 202 min read


Dementia Answers: How To Support Spirituality?
Learn how to support a spiritual life for people living with Dementia and bring comfort, connection, and meaning.

Dr. Jeannine Forrest
Oct 132 min read


Dementia Answers: How To Support Aphasia?
Aphasia is a condition that makes it hard for someone to use or understand words. Learn how to enhance communication with someone who has aphasia and Dementia.

Dr. Jeannine Forrest
Oct 82 min read


Dementia Answers: Balancing Independence and Safety
Learn tips for how to balance the need to keep people with Dementia safe while preserving their sense of independence.

Dr. Jeannine Forrest
Oct 62 min read


Dementia Answers: When You Are No Longer Recognized
Learn strategies to deal with the situation when someone with dementia no longer recognizes you, to reassure them and protect your feelings.

Dr. Jeannine Forrest
Sep 232 min read


Dementia Answers: How to Support Nutrition
Learn simple strategies to maintain overall nutrition in persons with Dementia.

Dr. Jeannine Forrest
Sep 92 min read


Dementia Answers: Hoarding Reconsidered
Learn why people with dementia may keep items and how to address hoarding with compassion.

Dr. Jeannine Forrest
Aug 282 min read


Dr. Arun S. Rao: Ageism: "If you are not already part of a group disadvantaged by prejudice, just wait a couple of decades--you will be."
Learn what ageism is and how to combat it.

Dr. Arun Rao
Aug 214 min read


Dementia Answers: What Is Razadyne?
Learn about the medication Razadyne, also known as galantamine, and its use in individuals with Dementia.

Dr. Jeannine Forrest
Jun 242 min read


Person-Centered Language: Empowering Those with Dementia
Learn how the language we use to describe the dementia experience can be empowering to those affected by it.

Dr. Jean Whaley
Jun 103 min read


Dementia Answers: Wearing Identification
Learn how the wearing of identification can benefit both persons with dementia and their caregivers.

Dr. Jeannine Forrest
Jun 42 min read


Paying for Care in Dementia: Life Insurance Policies
Learn how life insurance policies can be an option to finance dementia care.

Dr. Jean Whaley
May 213 min read


Understanding the Language of Cognitive Decline: Dementia, Senility, and Cognitive Impairment
Learn how the terms we use to describe cognitive impairment have evolved.

Dr. Jean Whaley
May 52 min read


Dementia Answers: How To Respond To Paranoia
Learn strategies for dealing with paranoia in Dementia.

Dr. Jeannine Forrest
Apr 22 min read
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