We know that providing individual care requires meeting individual needs-health, family, cultural, religious, and dietary. Our unique approach to addressing these needs with specialized services and home health care education has helped to make us a leader in the field of geriatric care.

Alzheimer & Dementia Care

Dementia is a neurological disorder that affects your ability to think, speak, reason, remember and move. While Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, many other conditions also can cause similar symptoms. Some of these disorders get worse with time and cannot be cured. Other types respond so well to treatment, their symptoms may even be reversed. It is essential that caregivers are provided with Alzheimer's education and dementia care techniques, so you can be assured your loved one is with a trusted professional.

Several less common brain disorders also can result in dementia.

• Huntington's disease. Symptoms of this hereditary disorder typically begin between the ages of 30 and 50, starting with mild personality changes. As the disorder progresses, a person with Huntington's develops involuntary jerky movements, muscle weakness and clumsiness. Dementia commonly develops in the later stages of the disease.
• Parkinson's disease. People with Parkinson's disease may experience stiffness of limbs, shaking at rest (tremor), speech impairment and a shuffling gait. Some people with Parkinson's develop dementia late in the disease.
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. This extremely rare and fatal brain disorder belongs to a family of human and animal diseases known as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. A new variety of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has emerged - particularly in Great Britain. It's believed to be linked to the human consumption of beef from cattle with mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
• AIDS. People in the advanced stages of AIDS also may develop a form of dementia.

Our Geriatric Care Managers are experienced and trained to conduct a cognitive assessment to evaluate the effects and limitations of your loved one. Fedelta Geriatric Care Managers manage the elder needs and design a comprehensive care plan which specifies detailed care needs addressing the emotional, physical and psychosocial behaviors.

Our Caregivers are trained to identify and report symptoms to our professional staff members. Fedelta Home Care caregivers will maintain a safe environment, manage changing behaviors, provide nutritious meals, provide mind-stimulating activities, create social interactions, reduce frustrations, and supervise daily activities.

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