The Importance of Relationship Change in Dementia Care

The role of change in dementia care is about discovering what your loved one likes to do; and then, figuring out how to guide them.When Alzheimer's strikes, when we receive the diagnosis,we enter what can best be described as a period of "great sadness".A kind ofall encompassing emotional stress that can include:fear, denial, pain, stress, confusion, and an overall sense of hopelessness.The list of potential negative emotions and feelings are long, very long.How do you feel?Topic -Touching Foreheads and Kindness in Dementia CareBy Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomThe majority learn how to deal with these feeling and emotions.Some of us fall deeper into sadness - a depression caused by Alzheimer's and related dementia.One of the hardest things to discover isThe Role of Relationship Change in Dementia Care.Our initial instinct is to try and change the person living with dementia back into one of us. To help them come back - so to speak.We make lists for them so they can remember.We try and explain why they are wrong, and why we are right.We sometimes talk about them as if they are not there. Some of us come to believe they are not there.But there they are -- open your eyes and take a look.You really can't fix what is wrong with a person living with dementia. For the most partthey will just keep on doing what they are doing unless you embrace the role of change.Topic -Dementia Care, Do You Need to Change?For many it seems like a world f...
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