Topic: lack of insight
We created a series of educational online courses focused on topics that families grapple with most often during the pandemic. This became Aging Wisdom University, a way to continue delivering relevant information and resources into the hands of family care partners at a time of uncertainty.
We are now sharing it as a series podcast episodes.
Over the next few months, we’ll be rolling out new weekly episodes from this repurposed series. We hope you find this helpful as you navigate the journey.
Season 4 Episode 1“I will never move!” …
After 20 years of volunteering and working with folks living with dementia, I started to recognize signs in my mom. I knew it was coming. My paternal grandmother and my maternal grandfather both lived with Alzheimer’s disease. It doesn’t make it any easier.
My sister and I rallied to help plan her care, organize her financials, and verify her wishes through her health directive and powers of attorney.
Eventually it was obvious she needed to move. She was missing meds, not eating regularly, and the house was falling into disrepair. …
From Professional to Personal Experience: Moving my MomRead More »
Helping a person in your care navigate health and cognitive changes can be a challenge. It’s not always easy, or successful.
There are many reasons. …
Helping the Person in Your Care Manage Changes in Health and CognitionRead More »
If your parent is experiencing memory loss, it’s unlikely they have insight that they need help. It’s probable they won’t accept support and are unwilling to make changes as a result. Lack of insight or awareness is common with cognitive change.
This is where you need to shift your perspective and determine if your parent can make that decision anymore, or if this is a decision you’re going to have to make on their behalf. …
Have you ever tried talking with your parent or partner about concerns you have regarding their health or memory? Were your concerns dismissed, minimized, or completely shut down?
In this episode of Aging Parents: What You Need to Know, Lisa Mayfield, Founder and Principal, Aging Wisdom, talks with Joanie Parsons, RevelEleven, about this common challenge. …
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 Body dementia, or a stroke, is what is affecting the individual’s inability to see these changes. It is related to loss of activity in areas in the front of a person’s brain, known as the frontal lobes. …