Early Stage Alzheimer ’s Perspective

It isn't easy to identify early stage Alzheimer's, it is easy to rationalize their behaviors by simple believing they are getting old.By Elaine C PereiraAlzheimer's Reading RoomHaving lived my mother ’s journey through Alzheimer’s,I completely understand why families struggle to process their loved one ’s intermittent odd behaviors characteristic of the early stages of dementia.The onset of Alzheimer ’s is insidious; averbal outburst, occasional illogical idea, a strange albeit brief break from reality woven into an otherwise normal daily life.Why Won't Family Help, and Why Do They Criticize Us?Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a Free Service - Join NowLooking back,I honestly don ’t know how I rationalized my mother’s (Betty Ward) increasingly irrational behaviors. I lumped everything together as “goofy” as if it were endearing, rather than the red flag indicators of Mom’s mind being steadily ravaged by Alzheimer’s insatiable appetite for brain cells.My mother ’s first significant break from reality occurred in February 2005 just two months after her son, my brother, died from cancer. Mom flew from Michigan to my cousin Mike’s home in Sedona, Arizona for a family memorial.From I Will Never Forget: I was barely in the door when Mike took me aside and whispered, “Aunt Betty thinks she ’s at (home). She asked this morning where her room was! ” She’s packed her bags, unpacked them and repacked them, he added.Why Do People Living with A...
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