Alzheimer's World Versus Reality

Once you accept Alzheimer's and learn how to operate in Alzheimer's World you'll learn that opposites can indeed attract. And stick together like glue.Imaginecommunicating with someone for 50 years or longer. Then they change. They are not the person you always knew? If not, who are they?The Effect of Emotional Super Glue in Alzheimer's CareBy Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail:This person you always knew, starts acting and coping with the world in new and different ways.Strange, bizarre, unsettling ways. Many of these new behaviors make you angry, they drive you crazy, you feel out of sorts.You just can't understand.Alzheimer's Care Lament This is Not the Person I KnewYou continue to try and make sense of what is happening in the way you always have. It doesn't work.Every day, many times a day, you are at wits end. You don't know what to do.It's hopeless. Or is it?You know that something needs to change. But discovering this change --the what to do is elusive. You rack your brain. You just can't figure out what to do. Then finally out of the nowhere -- the dark clouds separate. You see the light. You come to a conclusion that seems to be so simple.Something has to change and that something is YOU.Communication in Alzheimer's WorldIt takes a lot of energy, learning, and patience to deal with Alzheimer's disease.Learn More -How do you talk and communicate effectively with a dementia patientIn order to begin the process of dealing ...
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