The Lifesciences Magazine

  A dementia patient needs more care than usual. As they tend to zone out at any given time, they need to be watched on for. It is quite a tough decision about when people with dementia should be sent for a residential care, as they themselves are not able to take this decision. Then the question arises that who’ll take this decision and how? No doubt it is an ideal place for people with dementia, as they are trained in the same regard to deal with such patients. These patients lose their ability to live independently, and need constant help from others to do their daily tasks. They need emotional, moral and physical support to function properly. The guilt of needing someone to do even some normal tasks, isn’t easy to grasp. Deciding this is a decision which can be very tough for the family members, in order to keep the loved one away from home. Family members become intimidated by the thought of shifting their loved one to a residential care. The early stages are fine, but as the ...

10 Dietary Approaches to Reduce the Risk of Dementia By The Lifesciences Magazine It is common knowledge that one’s diet may have an effect on a person’s physical well-being. However, it may also have an effect on your brain. There is now some evidence to suggest that following a Diet to Reduce the Risk of Dementia, a diet that is heart-healthy as well as appropriate may lower a person’s chance of getting dementia. It makes perfect sense to take care of both your brain and your heart at the same time. Because having heart illness or problems with circulation might increase your chance of developing dementia, it is important to take care of both your heart and your brain. Researchers at Rush University in Chicago came up with the MIND Diet to Reduce the Risk of Dementia (Which stands for “Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay”) in an effort to help prevent dementia and halt the loss of brain function that comes with advancing age. It is a blend of two diets that ha...