Healthy Headlines: Talking With Your Parents About Memory Care

CHARLOTTE, NC — More and more Baby Boomers and Gen Xers are dealing โ€” and will be dealing โ€” with issues with aging parents. This can include cognitive declines and even the diagnosis of Alzheimerโ€™s disease. In some cases, memory care might be needed. But when? And how do you know? And how do adult children talk about it with their parents and their parentsโ€™ healthcare professionals? Here with some answers is Dr. Robert Wiggins, a neurologist with Novant Health Neurology & Sleep -Midtown and director of Novant Healthโ€™s Memory Care Center in Charlotte.

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