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22ndCenturyMedia.com active aging<br />
22nd century media | October 10, 2019 | 9<br />
Senior Checks & Balances helps<br />
seniors with daily tasks and more<br />
For those who need help<br />
with senior homes, health<br />
and daily money management,<br />
Senior Checks &<br />
Balances is there to help.<br />
They are a concierge<br />
resource serving the senior<br />
community across the<br />
North Shore. As Certified<br />
Senior Advisors®, they<br />
understand the challenges<br />
of being a senior in today’s<br />
digital and fast-paced<br />
world.<br />
Senior Checks & Balances<br />
will work with<br />
seniors and their families<br />
in complete confidentiality<br />
to help seniors manage and<br />
maintain their lifestyle and<br />
give them peace of mind.<br />
Jill Dillingham, founder<br />
of Senior Checks & Balances,<br />
is a Winnetka native<br />
and graduate of New Trier<br />
High School and Miami<br />
University.<br />
Submitted by Senior Checks<br />
& Balances. For more information,<br />
call (773) 457-1952,<br />
email info@seniorchecksandbalances.com<br />
or visit www.<br />
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Picture<br />
yourself at<br />
Chestnut<br />
Square!<br />
I’m forgetting ... Is this a problem<br />
or a part of normal aging?<br />
Do you find yourself<br />
forgetting things lately?<br />
Ever walk into a room and<br />
can’t remember what you<br />
came there for? Have difficulty<br />
finding where you<br />
parked your car in the mall<br />
parking lot? Thought you<br />
might be experiencing the<br />
beginning stages of Alzheimer’s<br />
disease?<br />
Everyone experiences<br />
forgetfulness. It is a temporary<br />
condition that usually<br />
can be resolved. Some<br />
factors that contribute to<br />
forgetfulness are stress, fatigue,<br />
depression, nutrition<br />
deficiencies and drug overdoses<br />
or interactions. Other<br />
more normal factors that<br />
may cause forgetfulness<br />
include distractions, preoccupation,<br />
multi-tasking<br />
and acting on “auto-pilot.”<br />
Normal memory loss is<br />
referred to as age-associated<br />
memory impairment, or<br />
benign memory loss due<br />
to aging. It does not affect<br />
our social or intellectual<br />
functioning.<br />
Memory loss that disrupts<br />
everyday life is not<br />
part of the normal aging<br />
process. It is a symptom<br />
of dementia, a gradual<br />
and progressive decline<br />
in memory, thinking and<br />
reasoning skills. Early<br />
symptoms of Alzheimer’s<br />
disease often include recent<br />
memory loss, which<br />
may cause difficulty in<br />
performing familiar tasks<br />
such as handling the<br />
checkbook or preparing<br />
meals, difficulty learning<br />
new tasks, loss of a sense<br />
of time and problems with<br />
language.<br />
Before a diagnosis is<br />
made, other conditions<br />
must be excluded, some<br />
of which are potentially<br />
reversible. Do not assume<br />
that you or someone you<br />
love has Alzheimer’s disease.<br />
Instead, pursue a<br />
thorough evaluation, involving<br />
physical, neurological,<br />
psychological and<br />
psychiatric examinations<br />
and laboratory studies,<br />
which should yield a fairly<br />
accurate diagnosis.<br />
Arden Courts of Northbrook<br />
is a memory care<br />
community specializing<br />
exclusively in caring for<br />
individuals living with Alzheimer’s<br />
disease or other<br />
forms of dementia.<br />
Excerpts of this article<br />
have been cited from materials<br />
from the Alzheimer’s<br />
Association.<br />
Submitted by Arden Courts.<br />
For more information about<br />
memory loss or to speak with<br />
an Arden Courts professional,<br />
call (847) 795-9000<br />
or email Northbrook@Arden-<br />
Courts.com. Find your local<br />
Alzheimer’s Association at<br />
(800) 272-3900.<br />
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