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Shelly Chan, RN, coordinates memory care at an assisted living community in Lincoln, Nebraska. A nurse in memory support since 2011, she organizes day-to-day care plans for residents across every stage of dementia and writes about dementia care for Biology Insights. In earlier positions, Chan supervised nursing staff and medication administration across several long-term care facilities. She earned her associate degree in nursing from Anne Arundel Community College.

Why Do Dementia Patients Keep Calling?
Does Lewy Body Dementia Progress Faster Than Alzheimer’s?
Does Alzheimer’s Disease Cause Fatigue?
Do Alzheimer’s Patients Feel Pain?
How Does Delirium Differ From Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease?
Does Alzheimer’s Disease Cause Extreme Fatigue?
How Does Alzheimer’s Affect the Muscular System?
Does Dementia Cause Fatigue?
Why Do Dementia Patients Play With Their Food?
What Are the Stages of Frontotemporal Dementia?
Can Alzheimer’s Be Misdiagnosed? How and Why It Occurs
Can You Suppress Tics and What Are the Effects?
What Stage of Dementia Is Hypersexuality?
What Is the Life Expectancy of Someone With Lewy Body Dementia?
Is Paranoia an Early Sign of Dementia?
At What Stage of Dementia Does Hoarding Occur?
Can Someone With Lewy Body Dementia Drive?
Do Headaches Happen With Alzheimer’s Disease?
Can Dementia Go Into Remission? The Answer is Complex
How Can You Test for Dementia at Home?
What Conditions Can Be Mistaken for Dementia?
Does Alzheimer’s Disease Cause Tremors?
What Is Anterograde Amnesia? Signs, Causes, and Support
What Are the 7 Stages of Frontotemporal Dementia?
How to Treat Hospital Delirium: Methods and Causes
What is the Global Deterioration Scale?
What Is Major Neurocognitive Disorder?
What Is Shadowing in Dementia? Causes & Responses
Is Laughing a Symptom of Alzheimer’s?
Is Telling the Same Story Over and Over a Sign of Dementia?