EVENT: Understanding and Responding to Dementia-Related Behaviors
Oxnard Family Circle will be co-hosting this ONLINE event on 4/29/2021 from 12pm to 1pm. Review caregiver tips and strategies to respond to some common behaviors exhibited by individuals living with dementia, such as agitation, confusion and more.
Learn About Our Robotic Animals Program! (Video)
Amazing gift to our participant from the Ventura County Area Agency on Aging – the robotic animals program for individuals with Dementia! The words can’t explain the joy our participants expressed when they received their animals.
Sunshine Walks By Cecelia Travick-Jackson
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Caregiving is hard work, but places like Oxnard Family Circle make the job of caregiving a bit more manageable. My husband has been diagnosed with late onset Alzheimer’s disease. He remains quite independent, but needs to be monitored. He forgets things, gets confused, gets frustrated and sometimes says inappropriate things. Just as my husband’s world is shrinking and changing, […]
Music and Memories is a Success
It has been just over two weeks since we started our Music and Memories program here at Oxnard Family Circle! We are happy to see just how positive a reaction to such an innovative program, brought to us by renowned Music Therapist Andy Tubman. To that extent, we are pleasantly surprised to see just how […]
Keep Fit with Music and Memories
04/15/2015 The Music and Memory program at Oxnard Family Circle Adult Day Health Care has launched! Here at Oxnard Family Circle we welcomed Any Tubman, who is a most wonderful and passionate music therapist, to share his knowledge of the effect of music therapy for the forming and re-building of neural-nets, stimulating memory and training us to […]
Sundowner’s Syndrome
Sundowning is the term used to describe the confused and agitated state that some Alzheimer’s and dementia patients experience as the sun goes down and the day comes to an end. The causes and symptoms of sundowning can be different from person to person. Below are the general causes and symptoms, but it is important […]
Taking Care: Alzheimer’s Caregiver
Taking care of a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease can be a lot of work and extremely time consuming. More often than not caregivers find themselves completely consumed by taking care of their loved one while ignoring their personal needs, especially when it comes to their own health. Caring for a family member with Alzheimer’s […]
Alzheimer’s Disease: Why More Women than Men?
Recently there has been new information released in regards to the people being affected by Alzheimer’s disease. Of the current 5 million people living with the disease about 2/3 of them are women. Recent news reports have mainly focused on the new information presented which states that women in their 60’s are more likely than […]
Alzheimer’s Disease: Would you want to know?
The amount of people projected to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease is expected to grow exponentially in the upcoming years, especially in part to the aging baby boomers. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and is a progressive problem in which memory, thinking and behavior slowly decline and worsen through the years. […]
Resources for Dementia & Alzheimer’s Patients
A severe decline in mental ability is enough to sadden anyone especially as it occurs during old age. Dementia and Alzheimer’s invades one’s life greatly and makes tasks that were once easy much more difficult, which upsets the routines you or your loved one may be accustomed to. It is important to note that dementia […]
