Dementia Care, Do You Need to Change?

I thought I had changed. But, it wasn't until I had my great epiphany, of sorts, that I found a way to cope and communicate effectively with a person living with dementia.By now many of you have heard me say:By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomIt took me 18 months of trying to figure out how I could best deal with my mother before I came to the conclusion that I had to change. It finally happened at 1 AM on May 7, 2005.Prior to my revelation and new inspiration I was already convinced that I had changed.Finding Alzheimer's WorldThe issue. If I had (in fact) changed and accepted Alzheimer's, why was it that I was"bent out of shape" most of the time.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a Free Service - Join NowWhy was I so angry, frustrated, and so frequently confused not only by the behavior of my mother; but also, by my own behavior and reactions.Why couldn't I get agrip on the situation?Part of the problem I was confronting was -that I knew my mother my entire life. As a result, I had come to expect certain things from her.We already had a well established way of communicating, and dealing with each other.Then the rules changed.Is Alzheimer's World an Irrational Place?My mother started behaving differently.And,her often odd, often different way of acting, was clearly strange, bizarre, and foreign to me. In other words,the behaviors we see and feel from persons living with Alzheimer's are often disconcerting, frustrating, and often result in an angry rea...
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