Alzheimer's Dementia Patients Have Wonderful Imaginations

I don't think it is well understood that persons living with Alzheimer's have wonderful imaginations. If they tell stories they have an imagination, don't they?By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomDid your loved one living with dementia ever tell you a story that was less than true?How to Get The Answers to Your Questions About Alzheimer's and DementiaSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a Free ServiceI wrote a previous article around this issue that might be of interest to you,Dementia, Accusations, and Fractured Fairy TalesI don't think it is well understood that persons living with Alzheimer's have wonderful imaginations. I mean if they tell stories true or not,don't they have an imagination?My mother was always tellingstories loosely based on fact(s).For example, for at least four years she told this one. She told everyone who would listen that my brother had come to see us from Philadelphia for Christmas. But, he didn't like what he saw, or variation, Bobby said something he didn't like, and he went back home.Everyone that my mother told this story too -believed it. And, they wanted me to explain what happened.Alzheimer's and CommunicationNow,how believable is a story that would have meant my brother flew 1200 miles from Philadelphia to Delray Beach, got himself into a tizzy, andturned right around and went back home?The factual basis of this story? My brother called and talked to my mother on the phone on Christmas day.What did my mother remember? She talked ...
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