Monday, March 7, 2011

Learning How to Communicate with Someone Suffering From Alzheimer's Disease



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As I thought about this I came to a simple conclusion. Instead of trying to change Alzheimer's World, instead of trying to fight Alzheimer's World, not only would I accept Alzheimer's World as a reality, I would go into Alzheimer's World and learn how to communicate effectively...

A person suffering from Alzheimer's disease can hear you and even respond to you. What they can't do is remember what the hell you just said. Well, in layman's terms anyway.
I grappled with this problem several years ago as I was constructing my own understanding of how Dotty was thinking (or not thinking) and feeling. I named the parallel universe that Dotty lives in -- Alzheimer's World.
Original content Bob DeMarco, the Alzheimer's Reading Room
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Original content Bob DeMarco, Look Beyond the Obvious

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