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Make life with dementia better
Someone develops dementia every three minutes, but too many face it alone and feel socially isolated.
Maintaining a healthy social life and doing things you enjoy is important for everyone’s quality of life. (For Spectrum Health Beat)
When loved ones develop dementia, it’s hard to know how to make their lives better. But now researchers have pinpointed ways to help these folks live as well as possible.
“Once you have a diagnosis, you can then understand that it is a disease—as opposed to attributing it to people just being stubborn or writing it off as old age.”
Luckily, there’s more and more support in the community for people with dementia.
“Grand Rapids in particular has a campaign going on around becoming a dementia-friendly community,” Dr. Boettcher said.
“Someone develops dementia every three minutes, but too many are facing it alone and feel socially isolated—a factor that researchers pinpoint contributing to a lower quality of life,” Brown added.
SOURCES: University of Exeter, news release, May 9, 2018.
Make life with dementia better | Health Beat | Spectrum Health
Make life with dementia better
Someone develops dementia every three minutes, but too many face it alone and feel socially isolated.
Maintaining a healthy social life and doing things you enjoy is important for everyone’s quality of life. (For Spectrum Health Beat)
When loved ones develop dementia, it’s hard to know how to make their lives better. But now researchers have pinpointed ways to help these folks live as well as possible.
“Once you have a diagnosis, you can then understand that it 
is a disease—as opposed to attributing it to people just being stubborn or writing it off as old age.”
Luckily, there’s more and more support in the community for people with dementia.
“Grand Rapids in particular has a campaign going on around becoming a dementia-friendly community,” Dr. Boettcher said.
“Someone develops dementia every three minutes, but too many are facing it alone and feel socially isolated—a factor that researchers pinpoint contributing to a lower quality of life,” Brown added.
SOURCES: University of Exeter, news release, May 9, 2018.