Dementia Care

Dementia Care Resources

Kaiser Permanente in the East Bay provides the following resources to support you as a Dementia patient, and/or a Dementia Care provider.

• We have published a Dementia guide that you can view and download at home:
  A Guide for Living with Dementia

• We are offering classes to help caregivers and people facing Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia:
  Memory Care Online Classes
  Please call Health Education (510-752-6150) to sign up for classes listed below.

Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia
Learn about the causes of dementia including strokes, tumors, and Alzheimer’s disease. We discuss memory loss, forgetfulness, how dementia is diagnosed, and treatment options.

Navigating Dementia-Related Behaviors with Effective Communication
This class is geared towards the caregivers who are caring for individuals with symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia. We’ll be able to explain the communication changes that take place throughout the course of the disease; respond in ways that are helpful to the person with the disease and find ways to connect and communicate at each stage of Dementia. This class can help make things easier for you both. You may find ways to change the person’s environment and set up daily routines that make certain behaviors less of a problem. Intended for caregivers only.

We also have support groups facilitated by our social worker for caregivers.