Alzheimer’s disease affects how the brain functions, causing symptoms like personality changes, trouble solving problems, memory loss, and so much more. There are symptoms related to Alzheimer’s disease that can vary in intensity depending on factors like how Alzheimer’s patients feel, whether they’ve eaten, and more. Alzheimer’s home care providers can help families determine which possible contributing factors make Alzheimer’s symptoms worse for seniors.
Some Medications
Some of the medications that seniors take for other health issues may have side effects that affect Alzheimer’s disease symptoms. They might make it more difficult for seniors with Alzheimer’s to sleep well, for instance, or the side effects themselves could directly make seniors feel agitated or out of sorts in other ways.
Tracking how medications affect seniors with Alzheimer’s disease can help narrow down which ones might be causing issues. Alzheimer’s home care providers can help family caregivers do this.
Sugar, Caffeine, or Alcohol
Sugar, caffeine, and alcohol may affect seniors differently than they did when they were younger, but then add in Alzheimer’s disease, and the impacts can be even more different. Alcohol can contribute to confusion, increased likelihood of injury, and depression.
All of these are a big problem for someone with Alzheimer’s disease. Sugar and caffeine can be stimulating in different ways, but irritability and increased trouble with memory might occur for seniors with Alzheimer’s.
Hearing Issues
There is more and more evidence that hearing issues and dementia are related. Theories suggest that untreated hearing loss can lead to or at least worsen the effects of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.
Staying on top of hearing loss and resolving issues that have a solution can reduce Alzheimer’s symptoms somewhat. Factors like wax buildup and not using hearing aids are some of the issues to pay attention to.
Lack of Social Engagement
Seniors with Alzheimer’s disease may have more trouble socializing, either because they can’t drive to social events any longer or because they’re embarrassed at the changes Alzheimer’s has created for them. Isolation and loneliness contribute to all sorts of issues, including worsening Alzheimer’s disease symptoms.
Alzheimer’s home care providers offer help with necessary tasks, but they also offer social engagement that seniors need.
Trouble Sleeping
If seniors with Alzheimer’s disease have trouble sleeping, they may notice they have more trouble with thinking clearly, memory, and mood regulation. Resolving sleep issues doesn’t cure Alzheimer’s disease, but it can help to minimize symptoms that are difficult for seniors to manage in other ways.
Addressing sleep hygiene issues, avoiding caffeine and sugar too close to bed, and looking at other possible sleep disruptors can help.
When seniors with Alzheimer’s disease have more trouble than usual with the symptoms of their condition, there could be a variety of different possible causes. Alzheimer’s home care providers can work with families and seniors to dig deeper and figure out what might be causing them trouble.
Professional Alzheimer’s home care providers with experience helping Alzheimer’s patients can help with other types of needs as well, ensuring seniors remain as happy and healthy as possible.
If you or an aging loved one is considering Alzheimer’s Home Care in Bonita, CA, please contact the caring staff at Aaron Home Care. (619) 880-5522
A Trusted Home Care Agency Serving La Jolla, Pacific Beach, Point Loma, San Diego, UTC, La Mesa, Chula Vista, Coronado, Bonita, Eastlake, and the surrounding areas.
In 1999, Aaron was named Residential Program Manager of a group home for disabled adults in Arlington, Virgina. Here, he built a reputation for being compassionate with his clients and efficient in company operations. In the years that followed, Washington DC’s human services field went through unprecedented reform when the city was fined $11 million for the previously unchecked abuse, neglect, and exploitation of the very population it was supposed to protect. In 2005, Aaron was selected by a watchdog company to co-create and implement a monitoring system to safeguard and advocate for the system’s most vulnerable residents. This system is still in use today.
Aaron is now using his unique gifts and profound experience in the human service field to provide San Diego County Seniors with dependable, compassionate caregivers through Aaron Home Care.
He currently serves on the board of the San Diego Regional Home Care Council and is an active member of the Senior Advocate Network of San Diego.
Aaron Home Care is a member of the American Board of Home Care and is accredited by the Better Business Bureau.
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