2. What is Memory Care?
Specialized Care
Staff are Trained
Settings
Skilled Nursing Homes
Assisted Living Communities
Retirement Housing
3. What is Dementia?
“an overall decline in intellectual function,
including difficulties with language, simple
calculations, planning and judgment, and
abstract reasoning, as well as loss of
memory”
4. Stages of Dementia
Pre-Dementia: symptoms may be
present, but function is not impaired
Mild Dementia: impairment with ADL’s
Moderate Dementia: requires cueing to
perform ADL’s
Severe Dementia: can no longer
perform basic ADL’s even with cueing
5. Types of Dementia
Over 70 types of Dementia
Alzheimer’s Disease = 60-80% of
dementia cases
6. 2015 Alzheimer’s Statistics
5.3 million cases of AD in America
5.1 million over the age of 65
2025 = 7.1 million (age 65+)
2050 = 13.8 million (age 65+)
7. OT Approaches
Health Promotion:
Maintaining strengths
Maximizing performance
Remediation:
Strength
Endurance
ROM