Expert shares advice for dementia patients and their families

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Brookdale Macon specializes in memory care and helping families learn how to cope with loved ones living with dementia. 

Dementia Care Manager Molly Boone says within the next decade the number of community members living with dementia will rise to 45 percent. 

Boone adds you can help your loved one dealing with the disease by: looking at your resources, considering in-home care, taking care of you and reaching out for professional help when you need it. 

She sits down with 41NBC’s Taylor Terrell to also discuss different approaches to providing care. 

For more information, visit www.brookdale.com.