The need for this booklet was identified during a meeting between AIG and its Religious Community clients. It specifically provides information to Sisters living with dementia symptoms, from the perspective of both a patient and a caregiver. It offers further understanding of the identification and treatment of the most worrisome aspects of aging, cognitive decline, and dementia. It is purposefully written in the new abbreviated “high content/low text” style to provide maximum information in minimum reading time.

This booklet is divided into sections. 

1. Symptoms Indicating Cognitive Decline

2. Discussing Symptoms

3. Interventions to Prevent or Postpone Symptoms

4. Identifying Symptoms Post Diagnosis

5. Living with Early Stage/Pre-Diagnosis Symptom

6. Living With People in Pre-Diagnosed and Early-Stage Dementia

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