In-Home Care for Seniors with Alzheimer's in Hollywood, FL & Broward County

About our Alzheimer’s Disease Care service

Due to the nature of Alzheimer’s disease, we understand the importance of living amongst familiar surroundings and maintaining daily routines. Our Alzheimer’s care services allow your loved one to maintain their independence in the comfort of their own home with the assistance they need to stay healthy and safe.

Unfortunately, Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that often results in loss of memory and cognitive ability. Research has shown that familiar surroundings play an important role in the well-being of those with Alzheimer’s. Moving to a nursing home or assisted living center can trigger confusion, anxiety, stress, and a faster rate of health deterioration.

Our goal at Jewish Family Home Care is to help those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease feel happy, healthy, and safe in the comfort of their own home. Contact us online or call us at 954-908-5677 to learn how we can help with professional in-home care services.

Getting started with Alzheimer’s Disease Care

Our Alzheimer’s care is personalized around each patient’s care needs. Our staff is provided the mandatory two-hour State “In-service”, making certain that the fastest modalities and treatment are received and incorporated into care. One of our registered nurses will visit the patient’s home and assess needs based on whether they are in early, middle, or late stage, and any other health concerns or details that may need to be factored in. Depending on which stage of Alzheimer’s your loved one is in, our team of caregivers confirms that the appropriate caregiving pattern is implemented for patients to feel as comfortable and stress-free as possible. We even take into consideration your loved one’s personality traits to arrange that they are paired with the caregiver most suitable to their character. Thus, our services are tailored to make sure your loved one’s health needs are being catered to by someone they feel comfortable with.

Across the different stages, our goal is to preserve the dignity of the patient while providing the necessary support. Our home care services are provided with the highest level of nurturing, patience, love, and kindness to ensure that patients live the best quality of life possible with Alzheimer’s. We understand the importance of a “support system” to an Alzheimer’s patient, and our services act as a support system that complements the care and love of family and loved ones.

Alzheimer FAQ

What is Alzheimer’s disease?

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer's Disease is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking, and behavior. As with the rest of the body, the brain loses part of its functionality with age, but Alzheimer's causes special damage to the brain cells and their ability to communicate with one another for coordinated bodily functions. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time, becoming severe enough to deal with daily tasks, resulting in the need for assistance from family or caregivers.

How common is Alzheimer’s disease and how many people are diagnosed?

According to the Alzheimer's Association website, about 5.1 million Americans live with Alzheimer's dementia – that’s one in 10 people age 65 and older (10 percent).

Research has also established that early diagnosis of Alzheimer's is essential for its management. Early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s provides significant medical, emotional, and social benefits for diagnosed individuals, their caregivers, and loved ones. The importance of early diagnosis especially when a person presents the signs cannot thus be overemphasized.

What are the Do's and Don'ts of communicating with someone who has Alzheimer's disease?

1. Never Argue
Instead Agree

2. Never Reason
Instead Divert

3. Never Shame
Instead Distract

4. Never Lecture
Instead Reassure

5. Never say "Remember"
Instead say Reminisce

6. Never say I told you
Instead Repeat

7. Never say You Can't
Instead say what they Can Do

8. Never Demand
Instead Ask

9. Never Condescend
Instead Encourage

10. Never Force
Instead Reinforce

Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease

As a form of dementia, Alzheimer’s causes changes to the brain that disrupt one’s ability to carry out normal daily activities due to loss of memory and cognitive ability. The symptoms accompanying Alzheimer’s include:

Memory Loss – Forgetting recently learned information, dates, events, asking the same information over and over.
Loss of familiarity with objects and situations – Persons with Alzheimer’s experience difficulties with carrying out everyday tasks and remembering familiar objects. This is unrelated to the occasional forgetfulness associated with old age.
Difficulty in speaking and writing – Alzheimer’s affects one’s ability to read, write and complete sentences. For example, one may forget how to finish sentences in the middle of conversations utterly unrelated to the loss of speaking and writing abilities associated with old age. The loss of speaking and writing abilities is mainly related to new words.
Misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps – A person with Alzheimer’s disease may put things in unusual places and/or lose things and be unable to retrace their steps to find them again.
Changes in mood or personality – People suffering from Alzheimer’s can become confused, suspicious, depressed, fearful or anxious very easily. They may be easily irritated or upset at home, at work, with friends or in places where they are out of their comfort zone.

Other signs of Alzheimer’s include loss of the ability to make sound judgments, withdrawal from work or social activities, poor judgment, or confusion with time or place.

With many years of experience caring for Alzheimer’s patients, we understand the difficulties patients suffer with and the effects it has on their families. Contact us to discuss how we can help your loved one age comfortably with Alzheimer’s home care.