Many of our residents have some form of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease and receive specialized care from an Alzheimer’s or dementia nurse on our team. The symptoms and severity vary greatly from person to person. Recognizing the early signs of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease helps in deciding if your loved one may benefit from living in a residential setting.
We are dedicated to providing 24-hour a day personal care to residents, assisting them in daily routines and encouraging them to remain as active as possible. Each resident is offered activities to enrich and enjoy their lives while receiving caring and professional assistance from an Alzheimer’s or dementia nurse. At Gateway Living, you will find a cheerful, family atmosphere where your loved one can truly feel safe and at home.
Alzheimer’s Care Unit Endorsement from Aging and People with Disabilities
Registered Nurses on duty
Social and Recreational activities
Security and nurse call systems
Beautiful custom-built homes
Dementia is not a disease itself, but the loss of intellectual functions (such as thinking, remembering, and reasoning) of sufficient severity to interfere with an individual’s daily functioning. Each dementia nurse at Gateway Living is trained to understand the different stages of dementia and how to provide compassionate and appropriate memory care.
Early-stage signs of Dementia include:
Difficulty with basic skills (i.e. balancing a check book)
May cover up problems with excuses
Begins to forget where they left personal belongings
Recognizes that they are forgetting things
Middle-stage signs of Dementia include:
Possible Depression and anger
Inability to dress appropriately
Difficulty cutting foods
Difficulty bathing
Difficulty following plots in books and movies.
Speaking slowly and in jumbled sentences
Inappropriate urination
Falling or instability
Difficulty recognizing friends or family.
Advanced-stage signs of Dementia include:
Incontinence
Does not recognize friends and family
Speech is limited to single words
Loses consciousness
Inability to sit up
Will continue to respond to touch and affection
Ambulation is lost
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive, degenerative disease attacking the brain, resulting in impaired memory, thinking and behavior. While an absolute diagnosis can only be made with an autopsy, advanced testing while alive can usually determine up to 90% likelihood of the disease.
Common symptoms of early Alzheimer’s disease include:
Possible Depression and anger
Inability to dress appropriately
Difficulty cutting foods
Difficulty bathing
Difficulty following plots in books and movies.
Speaking slowly and in jumbled sentences
Inappropriate urination
Falling or instability
Difficulty recognizing friends or family.
Common signs of advanced Alzheimer’s disease include:
Incontinence
Does not recognize friends and family
Speech is limited to single words
Loses consciousness
Inability to sit up
Will continue to respond to touch and affection
Ambulation is lost
