Learning How to Communicate with Someone Living with Alzheimer's

You start feeling good about yourself and soon the person who has Alzheimer's will start feeling pretty good also. Instead of getting that nasty vibe from you, you will be sending a very different signal -- I care, I'm here for you.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomI finally realized that I was fighting Alzheimer's and this was not working.I needed to change.Like it or not reality had changed.This understandinglead me to a new place that I now call Alzheimer's World.Communicating in Alzheimer's WorldThe person living with Alzheimer's disease can hear you and even respond to you.What they don't do well is remember what you just said.Article -How the Loss of Memory Works in Alzheimer ’s Disease, and How Understanding This Could Help YouI grappled with this problem for years as I was constructing my own understanding ofhow Dotty was thinking (or not thinking) and feeling.I named the parallel universe that Dotty lived in --Alzheimer's World.One thing that drives Alzheimer's caregivers crazy isrepetitive questions and repetitive behavior. I know this from the number of emails I receive on this issue, and the number of comments we get on the issue.Article -3 Ways to Redirect a Dementia Patient and Embrace RealityIt is clear to me that a large fraction ofpatients with Alzheimer's disease ask the same things over and over, and do the same thing over and over. I understand howdisconcerting this can be -- I took care of my mom for eight and a half years, 3,112 days. I understand,...
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