While Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, accounting for approximately 64% of all cases, there are other forms too, and all are just as devastating. The more common secondary dementias are as follows.

Vascular Dementia

This type of dementia is the second most common, occurring in approximately 20% of all cases. Its most common cause is a stroke, where blood flow to a part of the brain is blocked and brain cells in that area are damaged.

Lewy Body Dementia

This type accounts for between 5 - 15% of dementia cases. It is characterized by abnormal protein deposits in the brain's nerve cells, most commonly in areas of the brain associated with thinking and movement.

Frontotemporal Dementia

Frontotemporal dementia refers to a group of disorders that affect parts of the brain associated with personality and behaviour. This group accounts for approximately 2 - 5% of all dementias.

By keeping a person with any form of dementia engaged and stimulated physically, cognitively and socially, it is possible to slow down the effects of the dementia and to manage difficult behaviours. This is why day programs offered by the Alzheimer’s Society and other organizations are so helpful. But not everyone can or wants to attend these group programs.

Jackson Therapeutic Recreation is essentially a day program that comes to your home. Our qualified and professional recreation therapists visit in your home to provide 1:1 activity programs that help manage the disease and protect the person’s physical, cognitive and social abilities. Our in-home therapists offer the best combination of skills and experience to make a meaningful difference in quality of living for both the person with dementia and their caregiver.

• Our services are tax deductible as a medical expense
• Our therapists are college and university educated and have working experience with Alzheimer’s and dementia
• They will assess what kinds of cognitive, physical and social stimulation is appropriate and set specific goals with you
• They will design a custom program of meaningful and therapeutic activities that will speak directly to the individual’s unique strengths, abilities and needs
• They can implement Montessori techniques and other proven methods to maximize therapeutic benefits to the person with dementia
• The caregiver is able to leave the house during the time that the recreation therapist is there
• You can set a regular schedule of visits, and the same recreation therapist comes every time
• We can provide service in multiple languages
• All our staff are insured and have police checks

If you need respite care that goes beyond bathing and feeding, helps you mange the challenges of caring for a person with Alzheimer’s or another dementia, and provides active therapy that improves quality of living please contact us today.

Our services are tax deductible as a medical expense

VAC health identification cards are accepted

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Benefits of this service to our clients

• Regain a sense of independence
• Improved strength and balance for falls prevention
• Learn new skills and develop new interests
• Ability to “age in place” and not have to move to a care facility
• Relief from the periods of anxiety that can accompany Alzheimer’s and other dementias
• Better retention and access to memories
• Slowing down cognitive decline
• Learn how to participate in favourite activities in new or adapted ways
• Have choices in how time is spent
• Learn to manage better with a disease or health condition
• Increase in overall life satisfaction
• Improved social networks
• Develop an internal sense of motivation

If you have a specific benefit in mind that you want or goal you want to achieve please contact us. We can design a program to address any situation.

Benefits for families of our clients

• Peace of mind that comes with knowing that while you can’t be there, a qualified health professional is
• Knowledge that the therapy programs we deliver are custom tailored specifically to your family members unique strengths, interests and needs
• Satisfaction in watching your family member setting goals and achieving them
• Pleasure of seeing your family member smile and enjoy what they are doing
• Relief for the entire family as your family member’s quality of living improves
• Education from reading our detailed reports of each session and ongoing communication with our knowledgeable staff

Every family has their own story and unique set of needs and desires. We have been helping individuals and families all over Southern Ontario since 2003. Call us today to tell us how we can make a difference in your life.