Stage 4 of the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) is considered mild dementia. It’s important to watch some of my staging overview videos posted previously to better understand why these stages are important and how we can use them. It’s at this stage where the shift happens from someone being mostly independent to now needing to rely on others for daily things. This is also the stage where you may be typing “what is dementia?” Into the search bar online. You’re noticing things are really not righ
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Stage 5 of the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) is considered moderate dementia. It’s important to watch some of my staging overview videos posted previously to better understand why these stages are important and how we can use them. Because there’s a shift in the level of assistance that’s needed and the level of confusion at the same time, this stage can pose challenges for a caregiver. Especially when someone demonstrates symptoms of sundowning, it can be hard to provide them with the physic
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I am doing a video series outlining the 7 stages of dementia according to the Global Deterioration Scale. For more information about the GDS, please refer back to the previous overview I posted!Stage 1 is normal cognition. We have to start somewhere, right? This is the “baseline” that the rest of the stages will be compared to. It’s at this stage where we operate the most efficiently. Follow along the next few weeks as we talk about the rest of the stages and staging in general!#stages #stagesof
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