Dementia and Alzheimer’s Care

When an individual is living with dementia the process of moving to a care home, away from their much-loved home and its treasured memories and possessions, can be heart-wrenching and affect their ability to live well with dementia.

At Advantage Care, we know receiving care in the comfort, safety and familiarity of your own home has far reaching benefits in improving health and wellbeing for a person living with dementia. For over 10 years, we’ve helped countless families just like yours receive the dedicated dementia care they need in the place they love most – their own home

Dementia and Alzheimer’s Care

For you and your loved ones, receiving a diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease can be a frightening experience. You can use these guides and resources to help you identify the symptoms, manage your worries, and make plans for the future.

We know how worrying and stressful it can be when faced with the reality that a loved one living with dementia or increasing memory loss is struggling to cope alone. Many families believe moving their loved one into a care home is their only choice.

Moving at any stage in life can be disruptive and stressful.

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What Is Dementia

Advantage Care is determined to support individuals to sustain a successful tenancy by offering a secure, reassuring environment that enables our service users to develop positive relationships that form the basis for change, learning and personal development.

Individuals are supported in our properties and manage their own finances. The frequency and intensity of support depends on the complexity of the individual, however; carer assistance is tailored to meet the needs of each individual and will be adapted as they develop resilience, coping strategies, confidence and self-reliance.

Our experienced care teams encourage users of the service to set their own goals and objectives and work towards achieving them at a pace they are comfortable with, hence; allowing them to gain a degree of autonomy over the care and support they receive.

What’s the difference between Alzheimer’s disease and dementia?

Dementia is a generic phrase used to describe symptoms that affect memory, daily functioning, and communication skills. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia accounting for 60-80% of all diagnoses. Alzheimer’s disease causes brain function to deteriorate with time and has an impact on thought, language, and memory.

Symptoms:

Early indications of dementia might be modest and readily confused with aging-related changes. Early signs include having trouble recalling recent events, losing focus, and having brief periods of disorientation about things like time. Your loved one’s personality or mood changes may also catch your attention. They can appear more reclusive or apathetic when compared to before. In the early stages of dementia, a person might not display all of these symptoms, but the symptoms and their severity will progressively increase sadly it is a terminal condition.

The symptoms of dementia include:

Cognitive changes:

  • Memory loss, both short-term and long-term,
  • Difficulties with thinking, problem-solving or language tasks
  • Finding it hard to carry out familiar daily tasks, such as getting confused over the correct change when shopping.
  • Visual and spatial difficulties, such as having trouble navigating when driving
  • Difficulty with coordination and motor functions
  • Changes in mood or behaviour.

Psychological changes:

  • Changes in personality
  • Depression
  • Hallucinations
  • Anxiety
  • Paranoia
  • Aggression

WHO IS AFFECTED?

There are currently around 850,000 people with dementia in the UK. This is projected to rise to 1.6 million by 2040.
209,600 will develop dementia this year, that’s one every three minutes.
1 in 6 people over the age of 80 have dementia.
70 per cent of people in care homes have dementia or severe memory problems.
There are over 42,000 people under 65 living with dementia in the UK.
More than 25,000 people from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups in the UK are affected

Our Specialist Dementia Care

Our expert caregivers are dedicated to keeping your loved one safe and happy at home. All our carers are expertly trained in how to care for someone living with dementia and use a range of best practice techniques proven to provide reassurance, reduce anxiety and calm behaviours. This compassionate approach reduces the need for the anti-psychotic drugs used widely in many care home settings,

We adopt a blended approach to delivery of dementia care, led and supported by our own Consultant Admiral Nurse. This support from an Admiral Nurse, working with leading dementia charity Dementia UK, means we can offer unrivalled levels of emotional and practical support to those living with dementia and their families. Some examples of support we provide to those who suffer from dementia and their families include:

  • Full assessment before care starts.

  • Bespoke and flexible care plan developed with input from the family and other healthcare professionals.

  • Social activities and lifestyle enhancement.

  • Specialist support and expertise – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

  • Matching of the most suitable care team to meet the holistic needs of our clients.

  • Dedicated care team led by an expert regional care manager.

  • Meal planning and household tasks.

  • Access to clinical expertise and medical support.

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07470 506619

01782 640 956

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