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48 MEMORY CARE Rydal RYDAL PARK 1515 The Fairway Rydal, PA 19046-1491 (215) 885-6800 (215) 526-5916 fax www.rydalpark.org 120 beds *** SNF, RET, PCH, HOS, RHB, CCRC, MEM Call for rates, brochure and personal tour. A Community of Presby's Inspired Life (Ad on page 7) MAP #22 Our Health Center includes private and semi-private accommodations in a full-service retirement com - munity. Daily rate includes 24-hour nursing care, three meals and nourishments including prescribed thera - peutic diets, linens, personal laundry, house keeping and use of wheelchairs, walkers and lifts. On-site available services include physicians, audiologists, dentist, podiatrist as well as physical, occupational and speech therapists. Residents may also utilize the Rydal Park library, gift shop, and recreation therapy programs. Short-term rehabilitation and memory support. Please say, "I found you in New LifeStyles." Jacqueline Marcell - Author of Elder Rage Please study the "Ten Early Warning Signs of Alzheimer's" and if any of them ring true about someone you love, please reach out for help sooner than later. With early diagnosis and treatment, dementia can be slowed down by 2-4 years, buying some time for medical science to come up with better medications–and possibly a cure. TEN EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF ALZHEIMER'S 1. Recent memory loss that affects job skills - It's normal to occasionally forget telephone numbers and remember them later. Those with dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease, may forget things more often, and not remember them later. 2. Difficulty performing familiar tasks - People with Alzheimer's disease could prepare a meal and not only forget to serve it, but also forget they made it. 3. Problems with language - A person with Alzheimer's disease may forget simple words or substitute inappropriate words, making his or her sentence incomprehensible. 4. Disorientation of time and place - Those with Alzheimer's disease can become lost on their own street, not knowing where they are, how they got there or how to get back home. 5. Poor or decreased judgment - The disease can cause people to forget entirely the child under their care. They may also dress inappropriately, wearing several shirts or blouses. 6. Problems with abstract thinking - Forgetting completely what number or words are and what needs to be done with them. 7. Misplacing things - Putting things in inappropriate places: an iron in the freezer, or a wristwatch in the sugar bowl. 8. Changes in mood or behavior - Rapid mood swings from calm to tears to anger for no apparent reason. 9. Changes in personality - People's personalities ordinarily change somewhat with age. But a person with Alzheimer's disease can change drastically, becoming extremely confused, suspicious, or fearful. 10. Loss of initiative - Becoming very passive and requires cues and prompting to become involved. Jacqueline Marcell is an author, publisher, radio host, national speaker, and advocate for eldercare awareness and reform. For more information see: www.ElderRage.com Know the Ten Warning Signs of Alzheimer's