Building Resilience in Persons with Early-Stage Dementia and Their Care Partners

摘要: The benefits of an early diagnosis dementia are well documented. According to a 2015 Alzheimer’s Association policy brief, detection and offers number for affected individuals their families (Alzheimer’s Association, 2015). Early allows people living with access available treatments when they more likely provide some benefit, build care team, participate in support services, complete appropriate advanced directives, enroll clinical trials or engage experimental types treatment options. Further who know have the disease partners can make additional financial legal arrangements before deemed unable do so. means that may be diagnosed while still working just as beginning enjoy retirement period life children moved out home. Despite advantages diagnosis, knowledge this is devastating requires significant coping, resilience support.