UNDERSTANDING THE FAST SCALE 

WHEN YOU’VE MOVED a loved one suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease to memory care you will hear mention of the Fast Scale, or Reisberg Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) scale at some point during their care. This scale assists doctors, hospice providers,...

4 CUTTING-EDGE MEMORY CARE IMPROVEMENTS

In previous blog posts we’ve discussed acknowledging when the time comes to move a loved one to memory care facility and how to evaluate different institutions. Today we will explore all of the ways that memory care has improved in recent years. ...

COULD GUM DISEASE BE THE KEY TO ALZHEIMER’S?

Every time you go to the dentist, they give you the gentle reminder to floss. Do you heed that advice? If not, you may want to start adding flossing to your evening bedtime regime. If your teeth bleed when you brush, that’s a possible sign that you might have gum...

Mike Peluso: Time for the Devils to Pay

Have the devil to pay?  It’s an old saying derived from the trade bargained for as a result of a misdeed that has come to mean that you’ll have to deal with a huge amount of trouble. Having played for the New Jersey Devils pro hockey team for nine seasons, Mike...