{"id":14484,"date":"2019-11-11T09:36:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T14:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14484"},"modified":"2019-11-11T09:36:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T14:36:32","slug":"taking-the-stress-out-of-placing-a-loved-one-in-a-secured-alzheimers-or-dementia-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14484","title":{"rendered":"Taking the stress out of placing a loved one in a secured Alzheimer&#8217;s or dementia unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is often stressful and worrisome to place a loved one with Alzheimer\u2019s disease or dementia in a long-erm care setting and it can be even more so if a decision must be made about placement in a specialized memory care unit.\u00a0 However, researchers have found that admission into a specialized care unit brought measurable reductions in the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications, physical restraints, pressure ulcers, feeding tubes and hospitalizations.\u00a0 The attached explains the benefits of someone in a secured Alzheimer\u2019s\/dementia unit of a long-term setting. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theadvocate.com\/baton_rouge\/entertainment_life\/health_fitness\/article_d583f2e4-fa75-11e9-ad9a-3f58b5da3824.html\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7919\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-1024x663.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is often stressful and worrisome to place a loved one with Alzheimer\u2019s disease or dementia in a long-erm care<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-alzheimersdementia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14485,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14484\/revisions\/14485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}