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How Sensory Tools Help Calm Dementia Patients

Sensory tools can help ease the challenges of dementia by engaging the senses to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and enhance daily life for both patients and caregivers. These tools – like weighted blankets, aromatherapy, music, and tactile activities – offer non-medical ways to create calm and comfort, especially as dementia affects how individuals process sensory input.

  • Why they work: Sensory tools bypass cognitive difficulties, offering grounding experiences through touch, smell, sound, and sight.
  • Examples: Fidget blankets, lavender essential oils, familiar music, and soft lighting.
  • Benefits: Decrease agitation, improve sleep, and support better communication.

Caregivers can select tools based on a person’s preferences and dementia stage, ensuring a safe and personalized approach. Resources like ElderHonor provide guidance, helping families integrate sensory tools into care routines effectively. [Read more…] about How Sensory Tools Help Calm Dementia Patients

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Longevity – 77 years? Really, that’s it?

source: Gender life expectancy

Longevity is sometimes called lifespan and indicates the length of life in years a person can expect to live. Needless to say, many variables go into this calculation, but it is often used by governments, insurance companies, and healthcare providers, for projections, risk analysis, and benefits. Be aware that these are averages you see in reports and research, just take a look at this interactive chart based on 2011 data. That data hasn’t changed much either way since then. BTW, my wife and I are moving to Monaco!

So why is it something we need to think about? Retirement, money, and health. Depending on where you live, retirement may be as young as 55, from a company position. Many others officially retire at 65. Some work beyond that age, either part-time or volunteering for organizations until age catches up to them.

Once you retire, you are living off investments made before retirement, unless you had a rich relative that left a bunch of money to you. That length is longevity, and those funds determine what kind of lifestyle you will have.

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