Alzheimer's Patients are Capable of More Than We Can Imagine

It is my belief that if you get in the habit of positively reinforcing your dementia patient, praising them, and coming to each situation with great emotion you will find that they are capable of more than you can imagine.Previously I wrote,2 Alzheimer's Tips That Worked with Dotty, and in that article I alluded to my simple belief thatAlzheimer's and dementia patients are capable of more than we can imagine.Topic -6 reasons why you might have to put someone with dementia in a memory care facilityBy Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomWhen I say this I mean,we the caregivers are constrained by our own brains; and as a result,we often try to do things for dementia patients that they can do for themselves.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail:In addition, we often avoid engaging in certain activities orwe often dumb down situations because we think that dementia patients are limited in their capacity to do.Dotty taught me over and over that she was capable of more than I could ever imagine.I use the wordever above because, even thoughI knew for years that Dotty was capable of doing "more",every time she did more I was surprised.Topic -Alzheimer's Care More ThereIt just seemed that no matter how much I believed in Dotty the outcome was the same over and over,she could do more than I could imagine.No matter how hard I tried to remember that Dotty could do more, I couldn't do it, and sure enough I would be telling everyone that would listenthat Dotty just did something I c...
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