1. Educate Yourself and Your Loved Ones Understanding Dementia: Learn about the specific type of dementia, its symptoms, and how it progresses. This knowledge can reduce fear, set reasonable expectations, and empower you to [...]
At Jura Care Village, we encounter this reality every day: families arrive confused, overwhelmed, and often carrying guilt. They ask, “Why is Mom behaving like this?” or “Why is Dad becoming [...]
Why did I do this? Why did you open a Home, Jura Care, for people living with Dementia? Today I also do not know! Just the other day, rushing a patient to the [...]
The abuse of elderly people happens in their own homes, while living with family and in facilities responsible for their well being. We must speak up when we suspect that an elderly person is [...]
Early stages of Dementia are often very mild, meaning they can be overlooked and simply put down to 'getting older’. These are some tell-tale symptoms many people ignore: Subtle short-term memory changes [...]
How do we thank two young people whom we've met? How do we tell them how much we admire them, the young still caring for the elders? Two young people came for [...]
Earlier this month, Health Canada announced new restrictions on the prescribing of risperidone, an antipsychotic drug commonly given to dementia patients to control aggression and other behaviour problems. The news didn’t receive [...]
