Dementia Care, There is No Place Like Home

For a person living with dementia "there is no place like home".By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomListen to the Podcast Now, orContinue Reading.Alzheimer's Care, Alzheimer's 3 Little Words That WorkA person living with Alzheimer's diseasecan hear you and even respond to you.What they don't do well is remember what you just said.I grappled with this problem for several years as I was constructing my own understanding ofhow Dotty was thinking (or not thinking) and feeling.In order to adjust, I invented a place called -- Alzheimer's World.This is where I went tocommunicate most effectively with Dotty.In Alzheimer's World you listen closely to what a person living with dementia is saying. You pay close attention to the look on their face. You are looking for clues,cues actually, that will tell you how they are feeling.For example, when a person living with Alzheimer's says,I want to go home, what are they saying?Before you answer let me ask you a few questions?What were you doing and what was the person living with Alzheimer's doing right before they said, I want to go home?Where they being left alone? In other words, left alone or being ignored? Were you talking with or engaging with another person while the person living with dementia was being ignored?What did the face of the person asking to go home look like?Dull, blank, confused, do they have thatI really don't know where I am look on their face?How do you react when your loved one asks to go home?Do you try to explain ...
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