Can You Plan for Dementia?

With a diagnosis of dementia and seeking information about that illness, it can be both overwhelming and emotional. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed early, there is hope. You can plan for your care before your symptoms prevent you from having the sound mind necessary to request what you want and what you need and figure out how to afford it. This can be a scary situation at a time when you or those in your inner circle confront what having dementia means for you. We don’t seek to minimize your sadness, anger, pain, or other emotions as you navigate having this disease, nor contribute to any additional negative feelings of being understandably overwhelmed. What you want Let’s get real, when you think of all of the ways of aging and some of its accompanying physical and emotional diagnoses, you definitely would not wish for this. Dementia is like the erasure of all of the memories that you have made and especially losing the recognition of those loved ones that were featured in those memories. With many physical ailments, you can learn how to exist without or adjust to a physical loss of an ability. Losing the...