How I Stopped My Mother from Being Mean to Me

Alzheimer's caregivers often feel enormous stress when their loved one is mean to them; or, engages in difficult behaviors that are hard to understand and accept.by Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomDoes this person look mean to you?The list ofdifficult behaviors that Alzheimer's patients express in the mid stage of the disease are long, and sometimes never ending.It took me3 years to figure out how to stop my mother from being mean to me. If you read this article and follow the links that explain how I did it,you can do the same thing in a couple of hours.Topic -How to Get a Dementia Patient to Do What You Want Them to DoI couldn't possibly list all of the mean and nutty behaviors my mother, Dotty, engaged in in those first few years of our life together with Alzheimer's. The list is just to long.For this article I am going to focus in on one mean behavior: when my mother repeatedly told me toget out, she didn't need me, and she could take care of herself.I'll start with a few words of advice to caregiversSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a Free Service - Join NowMany of you can probably imagine what it feels like when a person living with dementia tells you -"I don't need you, get out".Or, says something evenworse than that.So there I was.I had dropped out of the world to care for my mother, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 3,112 days. Could she have said anything meaner,"I don't need you, get out."It hurt.What is The Difference Between Alzheimer's and DementiaT...
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