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Reminiscence Memory Therapy

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This resource outlines the construct of reminiscence therapy and provides concrete examples of how to incorporate reminiscence therapy into a session.
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Problem-Solving Approach to Reduce Dementia Related Behaviors

January 4, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This piece describes challenging behaviors and how the environment, caregiver, and person with dementia may trigger an increase of behaviors. Also provided is a non-pharmacological problem-solving approach to reduce or eliminate dementia related behaviors.
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Normal Cognitive Changes with Age

January 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Many people experiencing changes with cognition question whether these changes are related to the natural aging process. This handout provides insight into latest evidence base describing the difference between dementia and cognitive-changes related to aging. Includes 7 strategies to support healthy aging in order to slow the cognitive aging process.
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Medication Management Evaluation

December 31, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This resource provides clinicians with evidence-based tools to use during treatment sessions and strategies to assist with increasing medication adherence.
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Mild Cognitive Impairment

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout explains this diagnosis in general terms and provide some lifestyle suggestions to help MCI.
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Memory Scrapbooking

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This is an outline for a scrapbooking activity that caregivers/family can create with the patient with dementia in order to recall and commemorate past events.
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Make-Your-Own ADL Sequencing Board: Bathing and Dressing

December 29, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This make-your-own board is for people who would benefit from visual step-by-step instructions for dressing and bathing. Cut out steps that pertain to individual patients and place them on a board in a customized sequence.
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Hearing Loss and Dementia

December 26, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Too much yelling going on in your therapy sessions? Are you watching social isolation setting in like a stone for a patient who can’t hear anything? This material explains the current research showing the link between hearing loss and dementia. Hearing aids can reduce social isolation and increase mental activity which both help reduce the risk for dementia. 
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Types of Dementia

December 26, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout describes the basic signs and symptoms of 7 types of dementia.
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How to Create an Orientation Station

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout provides concrete and visual strategies to create an “orientation station” at home that will help provide individualized and consistent orientation and memory cues to reduce anxiety and compensate for impairments.
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