Understanding and Dealing with Dementia
Visiting Angels helps provide quality of Life for the elderly and their families who are dealing with the suffering effects of Dementia. Most often, after an initial diagnosis of dementia illness, families are faced with difficult decisions about providing care for their loved one.

Visiting Angels can provide respite for family care-givers who are struggling with this responsibility. Visiting Angels helps with experienced, compassionate caregivers who are trained to deal with the bad days as well as the good days. They can also provide a routine with productive activities to help stimulate the mind.

Visiting Angels Companion Care provides joyful companionship, which helps to reduce loneliness and depression. Our caregivers can also provide medication-reminders, meal-prep, light housekeeping, laundry transport & accompaniment, shopping, all part of our companion care.

Individuals with dementia have intellectual and psychiatric symptoms produced by damage to the brain. It is crucial that professional care providers understand these basic elements of dementia, as well as the impact of dementia on client functioning, thought and behavior.

Dementia also causes the loss of many functions, including the skills involved in activities of daily living. Visiting Angels Professional care providers ensure that individuals with dementia are safely fed, dressed and bathed.

Older clients typically have other health problems in addition to dementia, making them vulnerable to health emergencies, injuries, abuse, and neglect.

Visiting Angels Professional care providers, are skilled in handling health emergencies, managing incontinence, preventing wandering, and dealing with client who are at high risk for falls.

Understanding these principles help ensure our client's safety.