Take steps now to help a loved one with dementia People suffering from dementia can experience bouts of anger. Stock Photo
Posted4/18/2021 7:00 AM Millie (not her real name) spent part of her childhood in refugee camps during World War II. Now, at 91, her brain can no longer keep those terrifying memories away because she has advanced dementia.
She is the sweetest lady when she meets strangers, but she experiences night terrors. She is physically still very strong, fighting off people she feels are attacking her. Her family reports angry outbursts, attacking caregivers with garden shears and chasing her husband around with a shovel when he tries to bring her back inside. Sometimes she can t sleep for two or three days.
MSU Extension offers information for those concerned about memory loss
MSU News Service BOZEMAN Montana State University Extension has teamed up with several state departments to create a free packet of information related to giving care for those with memory loss. “Legal and Financial Steps and Resources for Caregivers and Others Concerned about Memory Loss” was created in partnership with the Montana Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia Workgroup, Alzheimer’s Association Montana Chapter, AARP Montana and the Department of Public Health and Human Services. “We want to ensure those with Alzheimer’s and related dementias and their family caregi. For access to this article please
When Cancer Reaches the End-of-Life Phase
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Since your diagnosis, you’ve been tested and treated to control the cancer in your body. When something worked, you stuck with it. If it stopped working, you and your health care team reviewed the options and perhaps tried a different treatment.
When you reach the end-of-life stage of cancer, there may be no more methods available to control your cancer or you are ready to stop all the testing and treatment.
Your care, however, continues. The focus shifts from trying to stop the cancer to focusing on helping you live as well and as comfortably as possible for the rest of your life.
Posted : 2021-01-22 09:44
Updated : 2021-01-22 18:33
A medical staffer takes care of a patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the Severance Hospital in Sinchon, Seoul, in this March 21, 2018 photo. / Korea Times file
About 800,000 people sign advance directive refusing life-prolonging treatment
By Lee Hyo-jin
Three years have passed since the so-called Death with Dignity Act came into effect here in February 2018, which enabled people to make a choice about ceasing life-prolonging medical treatment.
During this period, nearly 800,000 individuals have signed up for the program by submitting an advance directive forgoing life sustaining treatment in the event they fall terminally ill with no chance of recovery.