Who is the enemy Alzheimer's or Our Loved One?

As caregivers we start out venting, after a while it sounds like we are constantly complaining. Eventually friends and family get tired of listening to us.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomWhat happens next?One by one they start to disappear.They really don't understand what is happening to us. Much of the time they can't see it.They can talk on the phone and our loved one acts perfectly normal.Related Article -Dementia Patients Can Deceive Others to the Distress of Their CaregiverWhy do we complain so much? When we complain we turn our loved one into the enemy.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail:Think about it. All we are doing is saying bad things about them - we do this over and over.When we do this we turn them into an object. Not a person, and object. This is call objectification.Objectification is the act of treating a person as an object or a thing.Over time we turn our loved on into a villain. This is called vilification.Why don't we realize theyeverything we are saying is disparaging.Would you like to be disparaged day and night?Why don't we realize sooner that our words are both rude and hurtful?When we vilify,we turn the person into a villain as we constantly disparage them without realizing it.I suggest you read my more recent article on this topic.Coming SoonAre Alzheimer's Caregivers the Forgotten?Alzheimer's Care, Sitting in The Front RowDementia Care - They Love Us MoreTopicsCare of Dementia Patients at HomeAlzheimer's Caregiver TipsConnect Alzh...

Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - August 6, 2017 Category: Neurology Tags: advocate alzheimer's care alzheimer's caregiving alzheimer's dementia care alzheimers awareness elder care help home care how to memory care objectification people senior vilification Source Type: blogs