Alzheimer's World -- Two Circles Trying to Reconnect

It takes lots of thought, hard work, and the development of a new mental construct of communication and behavior to understand Alzheimer's disease.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomIt takes lots of thought, hard work, and the development of a new mental construct of communication and behavior to understandAlzheimer's disease. It takes time.Take the relationship between my mother and me as an example.Topic -Alzheimer's Care Living in Alzheimer's WorldI've known my mother my entire life. We have been communicating our entire lives. I would imagine that our communication is similar to most people. We engaged in all the human behaviors and emotions over the years. We established patterns of communication to deal with the good and the bad.Continue Reading or Listen Now and ShareDid I ever getangry with my mother -- of course. Frustrated, agitated -- of course. When we had a problem with each other we learned how to work it out. How to make up and reattach.Topic -Alzheimer's Care and CommunicationOver the course of 50 years we developed our own method of communication -- our own behavior.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail:ThenAlzheimer's struck.Our communication and the way we related to each otherchanged - abruptly, over night. It was if our ability to communicate effectively had been robbed from us.I knew and understood these changes were being caused by Alzheimer's disease.On the other hand, my mother couldn't see the change. She couldn't understand what was happ...
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