{"id":808,"date":"2014-01-30T09:17:03","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T15:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/?p=808"},"modified":"2014-01-30T09:17:03","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T15:17:03","slug":"communicate-with-hugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/2014\/01\/30\/communicate-with-hugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Communicate with Hugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #800080\">Giving the Perfect Hug to Someone with Alzheimer&#8217;s<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-809 alignleft\" alt=\"Alzheimer's hug comforts\" src=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/01\/perfect_hug_to_someone_with_alzheimers-1-193x300.jpg\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000\">Studies have shown a powerful tool in communicating with a person diagnosed with Alzheimer&#8217;s or dementia is by simply hugging them.\u00a0 If a loved one is losing their ability to communicate and understand, a simple hug can comfort and reassure them. Touch alone is a powerful communication method, but a hug releases endorphins that makes them feel comforted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">By following the simple tips listed here, your loved one is sure to break through to them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Approach from the front<\/li>\n<li>Hold your hug for 7 seconds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click on the photo to left for more information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giving the Perfect Hug to Someone with Alzheimer&#8217;s Studies have shown a powerful tool in communicating with a person diagnosed with Alzheimer&#8217;s or dementia is by simply hugging them.\u00a0 If a loved one is losing their ability to communicate and understand, a simple hug can comfort and reassure them. Touch alone is a powerful communication&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/2014\/01\/30\/communicate-with-hugs\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":364,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}