Dementia
Families often seek our care management services when they know a parent needs help. And it’s not uncommon for the parent to resist assistance or support.
Lack of insight is one reason an older adult may be resistant to accepting help and support. They simply don’t see the need. They are not aware of the changes that others are seeing nor how they could benefit from assistance. With anosognosia, or lack of insight, the frontal lobe of the brain is impaired. […]
A lack of insight or awareness is when a person living with a form dementia or a brain injury is unable to recognize changes in their behavior and emotions. Adult children may interpret this as a parent being difficult or in denial. However, the part of the brain that is damaged, often by Alzheimer’s, Lewy […]