FREE-EBOOK: 20 TIPS FOR CAREGIVERS

Looking after Someone with Alzheimer’s at Home

Being a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s is not an easy task, there is no school for this. You just have to face it when you have to and it is either your choice or you have no choice.

Caregiving is a noble act especially if you are not being paid to do this. You need to attend to the person who has this 24/7. Sometimes, the burden is unbearable even if you love the person very much. It seems that this disease imprisoned both the caregiver and the person who has it.

The caregiver can’t do the usual things. Schedules, commitments and other routine activities should be adjusted. As a caregiver, it is your duty to keep the one your caring for safe. You know that a simple forgetfulness can lead to something serious like burning the house if the person who has this disease forgets about the cooking. You should also look after the medication because forgetting it might worsen the disease.

Aside from your burden of your duties and responsibilities there is also an emotional torture that you are enduring everyday seeing your love ones losing every single memory. Sending them in institution can be expensive and you can’t be sure if they are safe there so the safest thing to do is to have them where you can see them. Aside from expenses and safety issue, it is hard to let them on their own in times they needed you the most.

With all this concern, we are giving away FREE-EBOOK: 20 TIPS FOR CAREGIVERS to all of our supporters and caregivers. You can download this for a limited time only at our Facebook account. Here’s what you should do qualify for it.

1. Go to our page https://www.facebook.com/relinkpage
2. Hit like and
3.  Download it

These are the three easy steps to have it. All we are asking in return are your reviews which you can write at Amazon.

Your reviews, feedback and suggestions are our guide and motivation to do better and to keep going.

 Relink Device helps people with Alzheimer’s disease fight loneliness and secure that the family member’s presence is felt even when they are not in the area. 

Caregivers Weekly Newsletter

We are releasing weekly newsletter for caregivers to help them understand Alzheimer's and Dementia Disease. This newsletter also aims to help them cope up with the situation through tips and inspiration.

Caregivers Weekly Newsletter contains the following:

News

We bring you the latest news in Alzheimer's, Dementia and other related disease. We bring you new discoveries found out by the researchers and how this discoveries affect the disease. We are hoping for cure so stay tuned for the latest news and maybe one day a cure will be discovered. We promise to let you know.

Caregiver Tips

Tips and advise coming from the expert and the people who are experiencing the same will be delivered to you!

Blogs

We will bring you interesting blogs written by the person who are suffering the disease or their caregivers. Read their journey and you will realize that you are not alone.

Articles

We will give you the best articles written in the web. We will pick not only the interesting articles but most importantly we will give you the most useful one.

Story

Weekly, you will receive one story from the person who has the disease. It will serve as an inspiration to all.

Our first and second newsletter already came out! Be part of the third issue. Subscribe here.

Your suggestions, comments and feedback will be greatly appreciated. Write it below!

Thank you!

RELINK

Alzheimer’s Disease Communication Device

Tool to Help People with AD Do Their Daily Activities

As we mention from our previous blog (10 Early Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease), one of the early signs of A.D is having a hard time to focus, thus they forget what they suppose to do at the moment. They also lose track of date and time. It is helpful at the early stage to have communication device to help them remember a simple task.

One of the major problems of people living with Dementia or Alzheimer’s facing is undernourishment. They are undernourished because they skipped meals. They skipped meals not because they don’t want to eat but because they forget their mealtime. Not eating at the right time causes more problems and it makes the brain functions even poorly. Nourishment is very important and so eating at the right time.

You will also notice that they forget their proper hygiene. They don’t take a bath, brush their teeth and dress up. They forget that these things are necessary and should be done daily. A reminder will be helpful. It will serve as a spark of light in the darkness.

Another thing is that you should also remind them about the time of sleep. They need sleep to slow the disease. They need to be healthy as much as possible.

There are people in the early stage who lives alone and who can still manage to do their routine work. The only problem is they forgot so a communication device will be a lot of help.

One of Relink feature is “Routine Reminder”. See picture below.

Most likely it will be look like that. Relink is still under completion so expect some change. It might change base on the feedback we get. Make sure to follow us on Facebook to get the latest updates.

Routine helps people with A.D to cope with daily tasks like eating, bathing and other activities through a gentle reminder. Pictures and words are enough to help them remember.

To begin with, we would have:
- to eat
- to bath, dress up
- to sleep

Whatever you want us to add and whatever you find useful just say it. It will be a great help for the team to make it perfect. Feel free to leave us a comment below.

Relink Device helps people with Alzheimer’s disease fight loneliness and secure that the family member’s presence is felt even when they are not in the area. 

The Importance of Alzheimer’s Disease Early Diagnosis

Alzheimer’s Disease Early Diagnosis

Alzheimer’s Disease as we all know has no cure so why it important to be diagnosed early? It is essential to know as early as possible if you have or your love ones have this disease because it will help them to prepare early.

Alzheimer’s Disease is a horrible disease and it is hard to know that you has it. However, we need to be brave to face the truth and we should learn how to deal with difficult things in our life. It is difficult not only for the person who will suffer it but also for the family members who will going to endure it.

Preparation is the key to live a comfortable and harmonious life. If you have this disease you know that you or your love ones will become forgetful or will totally forget everything. What are the things you should settle before your memory totally gone out? This is the first thing that you should ask yourself from the moment that you find out.

Read “Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease or Simple Forgetfulness?” to know if it is time to see your doctor.

I have also written the 10 Early Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease to help you better. If you have notice unusual behavior then don’t wait before it is too late to see a doctor or bring your love one to the specialist especially if this disease runs in the family.

Benefits of Early Diagnosis

1.   You can have early treatment. As mentioned above there is no cure yet. However, there are medications that can help slow it down and can help with dealing with the symptoms such as depression and nutritional deficiencies.

2. You can prepare tools and aids that you can use to live independently or your love ones to live independently. Relink device can help you out with this matter because oftentimes person with Alzheimer’s Disease forget to take medication or forgot if it was taken already. You can set Relink to remind the person if it is time to take the medicine. Prescribed medicine that hasn't taken in the right manner will not work and it might worsen the health condition of the person. Relink will not only help reminding about taking the medicine but it also helps this individual remember important events.

3.   Preparing finances as early as possible is equally important because this disease is quite expensive. As early as today you have to decide where to get financial help or how to use retirement plan or savings wisely.

Preparation and acceptance is the key. You will surely have enough to deal with in the future. Do what you can do today to lessen the burden to you and to your family. Detecting the disease early will surely keep you out of trouble and will not take anyone in surprise and caught unprepared.

Relink Device helps people with Alzheimer’s disease fight loneliness and secure that the family member’s presence is felt even when they are not in the area. 

People with Alzheimer’s Disease Unusual Behavior

People with AD Got Obsessed with Time

People who have Alzheimer ’s disease usually lose track of time and with that, most of them become too obsessed with the time that they keep on asking what time is it or they usually go and check the clock. This is one of the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Sometimes, they become too irritated because they are thinking about something they forget to do. They are angry of themselves why they forget the time and it makes them harder to deal with.

We must understand that these people are going through a phase of their life where they no longer understand themselves and they become frustrated and disappointed. They become disoriented and they don’t know what to do. There are times when they remember something that needs to be done and with that they keep on checking the clock.

There are also some scenarios when they can no longer tell if it is night time or daylight. They can be very active at night thinking that it is morning and they have to do their chores. You need to remind them all the time that it isn't and as a result you become restless and frustrated as well.

Hiding the clock from them wouldn't stop them from bothering you. It is better to have a clock in the place where they can always see it. It should be visible so they can easily notice it. The clock should also be large and clear so they can read the time.

One of Relink Device best feature is it helps them to be time aware. There is a voice prompt that will tell them the current time and the day. Relink Device is still in progress and evolves overtime with consideration to all the feedback and comment received from the people who are taking care of their love ones who have the disease.

Now, Relink Device has a clock in digital and analogue form so you can have choices. This device also indicates the current day and date. Upon looking at the clock, they will become aware of the time, day and calendar date. It will help them to think clearly and to think the best activity for the day. It also helps them to know what to expect and it will avoid some confusion on them.

This is also helpful especially if there is a holiday like Christmas season. They will not get confused by the people who come and go and with all the songs and the décor. By just looking at their clock they know what is happening and why it is happening.

As mentioned, people with Alzheimer’s can’t tell if it is daylight or night time so they usually get up at night and start their day. With this, Relink adds night and day indicator at the right side of the clock so the next time they wake up in the middle of the night and check their clock, they will be aware that it is still bedtime and so they will go back to sleep.

Getting obsessed with time is only one of their unusual behaviors so get the best tool you can have to resolve the issue and you can both move forward.

Relink Device helps people with Alzheimer’s disease fight loneliness and secure that the family member’s presence is felt even when they are not in the area. 

Alzheimer’s Disease 10 Symptoms

10 Early Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Disease is not just about memory loss. This is more than that. There are other symptoms that will tell you that a certain individual has this disease. Here are the 10 early signs of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Memory Loss

How to distinguish a simple forgetfulness over Alzheimer’s is when you forget things but you will remember afterwards while the person with AD loss the ability to remember things and they rely on people to tell them things or they use some memory aids to help them remember. They can even forget their new acquired information and they usually ask you the same things repeatedly as if you haven’t told them.

Hard to Focus

They find it hard to do a simple math and to follow a simple plan. They have trouble of keeping track of their monthly bills and may do things longer than usual.

Can’t Complete Familiar Task

These tasks are the tasks they do every day that becomes hard and they may not be able to finish. Like driving to work or any job related things that they do every day and the simple game they usually play.

Confuse with Date, Time and Place

They got confuse on whether it is night or day and they can’t understand what’s happening and what the occasion is. Sometimes, they go to a place and forgot how they get there and they don’t know how to go home.

Problem with Images and Distance

They have trouble identifying the color and they find it hard to read as well. They also have problem with calculation of the distance that causes problem when driving.

Words Problem

A person with Alzheimer’s disease finds it hard to think of the right term and they sometimes speak terms that doesn’t have sense. They also have difficulty in writing because they can’t recall the right spelling of some words.

Misplacing Objects

They forgot where they put their things and they find it hard to retrace their steps. Sometimes they accuse other people of stealing it. There are also times that they place things in the place where it shouldn’t be like cellphone inside refrigerator.

Poor Judgment

They can’t make right decisions. They may pay large amount of money on a cheap things and they are no longer paying attention with their proper hygiene.

Withdrawing Themselves

People with Alzheimer’s tend to remove themselves from their usual social activities and work. They avoid the public, their friends and people they know because of some changes that are happening to them.

Mood Swings

It is typical for person with Alzheimer’s to easily get irritated, anxious, fearful, depressed, confused and suspicious, especially when you take them away of their comfort zone.

These are the top 10 signs that the person has Alzheimer’s Disease. If one of these signs show up, you better have your love ones check so that you will know the necessary actions that should be done.  Research is still on-going on how to cure this disease but for now there are ways on how to cope up with these situations. 

Relink Device helps people with Alzheimer’s disease fight loneliness and secure that the family member’s presence is felt even when they are not in the area. 

Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease or Simple Forgetfulness?

How to Distinguish Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

Being forgetful is not a joke. It can ruin an event of your life or it can break someone’s heart. When you forget something, it causes you so much trouble and you find it hard to forgive yourself. You even call yourself stupid. There are times that you forget where you put the keys and you have turned your house upside down just to find it. There is also some moment when you forgot your wedding anniversary. Your partner will easily conclude that you don’t care anymore when you just “forget it” but that reason would never be acceptable to your partner and it oftentimes labeled as a “lame excuse”.

How do you know if it is already as serious as early onset Alzheimer’s disease? When to panic and not to panic? I say don’t panic at all because panicking gives you more stress and makes you more forgetful. Learn to calm to yourself and think clearly. Don’t freak out at any given situation.

Here are the signs of early onset Alzheimer’s disease.

•  Forgetting important dates
•  Forgetting friend’s name
• Asking the same question over and over again
• Losing track of date and time of the year
• Difficulty in trying to join a conversation
• Misplacing things
• Poor judgment
• Changes in mood and personality

If you are a forgetful person, you might have experience all these but the difference is that when you are not like this before. If you are the type of person who is sharp and quick then suddenly you become slow then there is a chance that you are having the disease, especially if there is somebody in your family who has the same disease. I suggest that you better go and see a doctor especially if the other symptoms like these occur.

• ·         Severe behavior changes and mood swings
• ·         Going in places and forget why you are there
• ·         Getting lost and forget how to go home
• ·         Getting suspicious

If you are the type of person who easily forgets things, I suggest you take a vacation or lessen your stress. You can change your environment and try to write down everything so you won’t forget it. See how it goes. If things get better then you are just forgetful and there is something you can do about it.

On the other hand, if your memory worsens it might be early onset Alzheimer’s disease and it has no cure but seeing it early can help you and your family members prepare. Doctors can help you stabilize mental function and control behavior. They can also help you slow the progression of the disease.

You can also use method to help you remember things. You know better not to go out alone. You can do things to exercise your mind, do healthy activities and eat healthy foods. Though it is hard, acceptance is the key to easily cope up. Manage your stress, prepare everything you need and be at peace.

Relink Device helps people with Alzheimer’s disease fight loneliness and secure that the family member’s presence is felt even when they are not in the area.