http://dementia.today.com Susan Berg, dementia expert, and author shares need to know dementia information on Dementia.today.com, a six time award winning blog Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:46:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why am I sharing this poem with you today? Click here for the answer Casey at the Bat By Ernest Lawrence Thayer Taken From the San Francisco Examiner - June 3, 1888  The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day; The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play, And then when ... http://dementia.today.com/2009/04/13/casey-at-the-bat/ What else can you do on Easter to make life as grand as possible for persons with dementia? Many people wore Easter bonnets for Easter. Trying on hats can be enjoyable. It probably will bring back memories and family stories that are always wonderful to hear. Telling them makes the persons with ... http://dementia.today.com/2009/04/10/making-easter-specialpart-3/ As I said yesterday, part of making life for those with dementia as pleasant as possible is to celebrate the holidays with them in a joyful fashion. What else can you do to make Easter special? Think back to your family's past What traditions did your familt carry out? What can you ... http://dementia.today.com/2009/04/08/making-easter-specialpart-2/ Part of making life for those with dementia as pleasant as possible is to celebrate the holidays with them in a joyful fashion. The celebration will resemble the way you celebrated it in the past. However you will make accommodations for the people with dementia. Obviously, they will not be able to cook ... http://dementia.today.com/2009/04/07/make-easter-special-for-those-with-dementia/ Whether you want to get the word out about dementia or some other important topic,                                                                                                                                   you can do it here for an extremely reasonable price.                                                                                                                               What is the cost?, you ask. Why it is only $4.99 per month You get a lot of bang for your buck. What to you get?, ... http://dementia.today.com/2009/04/05/savy-paid-advertising-program/ I decided to change the title of this series so it does not sound like all doom and gloom. There are some happy moments to be shared, however you need to have the right attitude. Persons with dementia are not the same as they were before and as such the same ... http://dementia.today.com/2009/04/02/living-with-dementia/ Today is April Fool's Day. So let us take a break from the Death by dementia series to catch up on some news and views. As many of you know, the management of Today com has decided that having an Entrecard on your blog will no longer be allowed so as ... http://dementia.today.com/2009/04/01/lets-take-a-break/   We were discussing end stage dementia. Specifically we were talking about swallowing issues. I said that sometimes people with end stage dementia get aspiration pneumonia where food or drink winds up in the lungs. Because of a faulty swallowing mechanism, food goes to the lungs not down the esophagus to the ... http://dementia.today.com/2009/03/31/death-by-dementiapart-3/ As I discussed earlier, the end stage of dementia is not pretty. With any luck the person who is at this point in the disease will pass quickly. There is no quality of life. Most likely this person with end stage dementia cannot talk. They may make verbal utterances. They ... http://dementia.today.com/2009/03/30/death-by-dementiapart-2/ After I read the alarming statistic that the death rate from dementia increased 47%. I decided that people need to know the jouney a person with dementia and his caregiver network have. I am going to do this journey backwards. People who are diagnosed with dementia, including Alzheimer's disease Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia(FTD), ... http://dementia.today.com/2009/03/29/death-by-dementia/