Companion Care and Memory Loss
Memory loss can steal the life from your loved one. While mild memory loss does not prevent a person from completing daily tasks or living an independent life, more severe, or profound, memory loss may require round-the-clock supervision.
There are many reasons your senior loved one may experience memory loss. The most serious of these reasons is dementia, which is a progressive and insidious disease that ultimately erodes a person's memories and capacities until they pass on. Thankfully, not all memory loss is caused by dementia. Other common causes of memory loss include strokes, sleep apnea, depression, concussions, emotional trauma, drugs and alcohol, and even doctor prescribed medications. Most of these
Memory loss can steal the life from your loved one. While mild memory loss does not prevent a person from completing daily tasks or living an independent life, more severe, or profound, memory loss may require round-the-clock supervision.
There are many reasons your senior loved one may experience memory loss. The most serious of these reasons is dementia, which is a progressive and insidious disease that ultimately erodes a person's memories and capacities until they pass on. Thankfully, not all memory loss is caused by dementia. Other common causes of memory loss include strokes, sleep apnea, depression, concussions, emotional trauma, drugs and alcohol, and even doctor prescribed medications. Most of these