Advanced Resource Search: Coping with Common Problems in Dementia, Mid-stage (moderate)

This web page offers four checklists for different rooms in your house, with questions about safety issues for seniors regarding each room.

This web page discusses the sleep changes that someone with Alzheimer's may experience, such as difficulty sleeping and shifts in the sleep-wake cycle. Treatments of sleep changes are discussed, including the medications and non-drug treatments available .

This web page allows you to view a number of video clips from a documentary about communicating with people with Alzheimer's disease; the producers' philosophy is that it is always possible to connect with them in some way.

This web page discusses the stages of language changes that you can expect your loved one to experience as he/she progresses through the stages of dementia. Topics include how memory, comprehension, language skills, and social communication change with disease progression.

This article offers advice on communicating successfully with your loved one, including discussion of dementia and language, listening skills, proper ways to get your loved one's attention, body language, and speaking clearly. The article also talks about other possible causes of poor communication (fantasy, pain, hearing discomfort, and poorly fitting dentures).

This resource list provides suggestions of websites, books, and other publications that can assist you in dealing with communication and behavior problems.

This article discusses common problems caregivers of people with dementia face and offers suggestions on how to handle them, including the importance of routines, reminders, and calendars, and letting your loved one make as many decisions as possible. The article also talks about the importance of gentle redirection, rather than confrontation, and why correcting your loved one's mistakes may not be the best approach in many situations.

Offers tips for people with dementia or their caregivers to use organized by the severity of memory loss.

This comprehensive directory discusses many different behaviors that you may notice in your loved one, and is organized alphabetically. The website offers possible explanations for these behaviors, and also offers many ideas on how to prevent and handle them.

This article explains the behavioral problem known as "sundowning", which includes confusion, and agitation, that some Alzheimer's patients experience in the evening hours. It also gives advice on how to lessen such behavioral problems.