Visiting Angels can help you better understand the symptoms and risk factors of Alzheimer’s disease and how to find the right living assistance services in Nashville, Brentwood and surrounding areas in TN

Living assistance services are a key element to helping your loved one manage symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in their own home. An in-home caregiver from Visiting Angels Nashville can help lighten the load of caring for your family member yourself as well as provide additional care and services.

If you’ve never had to care for a loved one while living with Alzheimer’s, here’s some information you should know about the disease and how professional care can benefit your loved one.

What You Should Know About Alzheimer’s

1. What is Alzheimer’s Disease?

   Alzheimer’s is a degenerative and progressive disease that impacts the brain over the course of several years.

2. Is there a Difference Between Alzheimer’s and Dementia?

   Dementia is the term for many brain disorders that occur with the symptom of memory loss. Alzheimer’s disease is one of the many diseases under this term.

3. What Increases the Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease?

   Poor cardiovascular health, genetics and advanced age can be risk factors for Alzheimer’s. Lifestyle choices such as heavy smoking, high stress levels, sleeping problems, exposure to air pollution, heavy drinking and having a history of head trauma can also be contributing factors.

4. What are the Symptoms?

   Forgetting words, trouble problem solving, short- and long-term memory loss, misplacing items, confusing the time and place, mixing up names, and a change in mood or overall behavior towards being depressed, irritable, and irrational. These will become progressively worse overtime from mild to severe.

5. Is there a Cure for Alzheimer’s?

At this time, there is no known cure. The disease cannot be reversed, only maintained. It is recommended to practice healthy sleep habits, to decrease stress and to make healthy choices to lower your risk for Alzheimer’s disease.

While Alzheimer’s disease can be frightening, there are ways to get help with living assistance services. The later stages of Alzheimer’s will require professional Alzheimer’s care and keeping your loved on at home with these services is beneficial to their comfort and safety.

At Visiting Angels Nashville, our living assistance services are here to help your loved one. We can assist with daily activities from grooming to light housekeeping and are here to provide medication reminders and to keep track of your loved one’s symptoms.  

Contact Visiting Angels Nashville for Alzheimer’s Care Options

Call our Brentwood, TN office at 615-646-1594 and schedule a free in-home consultation today. We want to help your loved one safely age in place with in-home Alzheimer’s care.