When persons with dementia move into a memory care community, it can take from several weeks up to three months or more for the person to adjust and feel comfortable with the new environment and routine. From my personal experience working with memory care residents at one assisted living for over a decade, I would say the average amount of time before the person settled in was no longer than a month. Your loved one may be angry for a while, and may seem more confused than before. This is a perfectly normal phase. Rest assured, things will improve in time. Here are ten tips to help ease the transition:
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3/1/2017 11:23:39 pm
Your advice will be very helpful to those who have loved ones suffering this problem.
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7/26/2017 10:30:05 pm
The people with short-term memory require a special care and understanding. We need to learn how to treat them properly in order to make life easier for them.
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10/18/2017 04:44:11 am
Thank you for the post! I was finding this information for so long. Glad that there's your site. it helps me so much with hard home tasks. I don't even know what I'd do without it. Probably, I'd need to purchase my works every time.
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10/10/2019 01:06:06 pm
I like the things you can tell the person, such as it's just for the summer if they have short term memory. My aunt has dementia and we can't take care of her by ourselves. We'll have to find dementia care.
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