What I Want You to Do If I Develop Alzheimer's

Most importantly, please remember that – like most people living with dementia – I live only in the present.Marie MarleyAlzheimer's Reading Room Sometimes it’s difficult to know how best to communicate with a person who living with Alzheimer’s disease. So, I am going to let people know in advance how I would like to be treated should I develop the disease.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail: Author’s Note: If you agree with the content of this article you may want to print it out and put it with your Will and Power of Attorney for your children to read should it ever be necessary.First of all I want to be placed in a care facility, and it should be the best one available that I can afford. I don’t want anyone making the supreme sacrifice to care for me at home. Besides, it’s quite possible that I will receive better care if I’m some place where there are numerous people involved in my care, rather than having one person who will try to do it all.I want people to realize that regardless of my behavior I am probably still “in there” to some extent. By this I mean that I may enjoy being visited even if I don’t recognize the person visiting me. It could also be that I enjoy being visited but just can’t express that verbally.Come Back Early TodayI want to be treated with respect, which means people should not talk about me negatively in my presence. If I am ‘still there’ I may understand every word even if I don’t talk anymore.I will als...
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