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The Dementia and Alzheimer’s Journey

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 6.7 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia, a number that is projected to grow to nearly 14 million by 2060. Despite the high prevalence, many people with dementia are not consistently receiving the supportive quality care they need. Dementia not only affects quality of life for people with the disease, it also significantly impacts quality of life for their caregivers.

AuthoraCare can help as you or your loved one move through this many-years journey by helping to provide care to address physical and psychological needs as well as emotional distress. We can help you with strategies that improve quality of life for both patients and those who care for them.

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Living with Dementia

After the shock of a dementia or Alzheimer’s disease memory loss diagnosis, most people try to research what’s ahead to learn about available treatments, medications and what lifestyle changes to expect. There are many good online resources like alz.org. Sites like this help to visualize the progression of the disease and what to expect. However, when it comes to navigating the care path for the day-to-day, you can turn to AuthoraCare.  

When Living Gets Harder Questionnaire

Does your loved one with dementia:

If you answer yes to four of the five questions, you may want to contact us to help you navigate the future for your loved one.

You answered yes to four of the five questions. Contact us to help you navigate the future for your loved one.

Here are some tips to help with this stressful time.

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Feeling alone and searching for next steps?

Life Tools for People Living with Dementia and Their Care Partners.
This webinar will explore available care, interventions and resources that are available and how to access them.

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Palliative Care for Dementia

The goal of palliative care is to help patients and their families achieve a better quality of life by assisting with advanced care planning, identifying interventions that can improve care and addressing symptoms of dementia by establishing goals of care. As care needs increase, patients or their caregivers may choose to receive palliative care even while receiving treatment for their dementia symptoms to optimize outcomes for the patient and their caregivers.

If you or your loved one have advancing dementia, you are likely a good candidate for receiving palliative care. Read more about palliative care here, or contact AuthoraCare’s palliative care team

Hospice Care for Dementia

Hospice care helps patients coping with terminal dementia by providing care to address the mental, emotional and physical distress caused by dementia symptoms. Patients with dementia who are admitted to AuthoraCare’s hospice program will receive expert, in-home medical and nursing care to help them live with dignity and provide comfort as their disease progresses. Click here to learn more about the benefits of hospice care.

End-stage symptoms may vary depending on the type of dementia. However, there are many symptoms that are the same regardless of the type. As patients become increasingly frail, they are less able to fight infections. Due to this frailty, severe infections such as pneumonia develop quickly and are the leading cause of death for patients with dementia.

“Hospice was a life saver for me and my family. Knowing she was under their expertise was very comforting to us.”

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95.3%
felt the patient was always treated with dignity and respect

Do you think you or your loved one with dementia could benefit from an AuthoraCare consultation?

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