Holidays can be meaningful, enriching times for both your loved one with Alzheimer's Disease and his or her family.
Learn to balance holiday-related activities and caregiver burnout.
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Over time, people with Alzheimer's Disease become less able to manage around the house. As a caregiver, you can do many things to make your loved one's home a safer place. Changing the home environment helps give them more freedom to move around independently and safely.
People with Alzheimer's may experience loss of sensation or may no longer be able to interpret feelings of heat, cold, or discomfort. Anything flammable should be monitored at all times, candles should never be lit without supervision, and when not in use, they should be put away.
Although there may be nothing physically wrong with their eyes, people with Alzheimer's may no longer be able to interpret accurately what they see. Their sense of perception and depth may be altered, too. When decorating for the holidays, try to avoid clutter, and keep Christmas trees away from walkways.
People with Alzheimer's disease may have normal hearing, but they may lose their ability to interpret what they hear accurately. This loss may result in confusion or overstimulation.
While we all enjoy the sound of the season, refrain from playing the TV, radio, or music too loudly, and don't play them at the same